21.   Diplomatic sources say the nonbinding recommendations are designed to give the British and the IRA a face-saving way out of the corners into which they had painted themselves.

22.   For at least part of the talks Radovan Karadzic, Ratko Mladic and other Bosnian Serb leaders were in attendance, diplomatic sources say.

23.   Military loyalists said Bedie was still in command, but diplomatic sources said he had taken refuge at the French Embassy.

24.   Senior diplomatic sources meanwhile continued to speculate that Russian troops would be actively involved in policing a final Bosnian police agreement.

25.   Some European members objected to more definitive, specific references to the countries individually, a diplomatic source said.

26.   The German daily Bild also reported that Yeltsin suffered a heart attack and is seriously ill, citing diplomatic sources.

27.   The German newspaper Bild quoted unnamed German diplomatic sources as saying a suicide bomber had detonated his truck as the police approached.

28.   The lack of information from the Fujimori government over the direction of the negotiations is frustrating negotiators and representatives of affected governments, according to diplomatic sources.

29.   The paper cited diplomatic sources and added the German government has been informed.

30.   The newspaper quoted unnamed European diplomatic sources.