21.   NATO Secretary General Willy Claes warned Thursday that the alliance would strike against Bosnian Serbs if they violated U.N. orders to cease attacks on Sarajevo and other safe areas.

22.   On Monday, the United Nations gave the Serbs a deadline to cease the attacks on peacekeepers.

23.   On Wednesday, French peacekeepers fired smoke grenades from a light tank cannon when Serbs did not respond to calls to cease their attacks.

24.   The Islamic militant group Hamas Wednesday rejected appeals by the Palestinian Authority to cease attacks on Israel and turn itself into a political opposition group.

25.   The militant Islamic group Hamas said it would cease attacks against Israeli targets if the new government of Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to stop waging war against it.

26.   The Islamic militant group Hamas on Wednesday rejected appeals by the Palestinian Authority to cease attacks on Israel and turn itself into a political opposition group.

27.   The IRA has ceased its attacks on British targets in Northern Ireland and Britain in the months since the cease-fire, and Protestant paramilitaries have observed their own truce.

28.   The militant Islamic group Hamas said Thursday it would cease attacks against Israelis if the new government of Benjamin Netanyahu stopped pursuing its fighters.

29.   The militant Islamic group Hamas said it will cease attacks against Israeli targets if the new government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to stop waging war against it.

30.   The rebels have said they are ready to accept a truce, but are seeking assurances that the military will cease its attacks.