21.   The Germans sent an offer to Brig. Gen. Anthony McAuliffe, commander in the besieged town, to surrender.

22.   Hundreds of Sri Lankan soldiers have penetrated rebel defences and closed in on the centre of the besieged Jaffna town amid heavy resistance, the military said Tuesday.

23.   Journalists who tried to reach the besieged town were turned back at roadblocks by the Indian security forces.

24.   On Sunday, buses carrying Moslem pilgrims and fleeing Charisharief residents entered the besieged town for the first time since the army launched the operation, residents said.

25.   Pope John Paul sent Etchegaray to Sarajevo to show his support for the mainly Moslem population of the besieged town, the Vatican said.

26.   Serb forces shelled the northwestern Bosnian town of Bihac throughout the morning on Monday, a spokesman for the mainly Moslem Bosnian army told AFP from the besieged town.

27.   Tens of thousands of Moslem civilians have been in the besieged town since the Bosnian war began three years ago.