21.   Croats, meanwhile, halted their military advance against rebel Serbs Monday and agreed to meet them for negotiations Thursday in Geneva.

22.   Government soldiers overran rebel-held positions east of the Afghan capital Wednesday in their first major military advance in weeks.

23.   His comments seemed to reflect a shift in approach that came with renewed Serb military advances last month.

24.   If not, the military advance would continue, Kabila said.

25.   In a statement from their office in London, the guerrillas claimed that the military advance into Jaffna was halted.

26.   In the north, guerrillas holed up in trenches and buildings on the outskirts of city resisted the military advance.

27.   Laurent Kabila, whose rebel troops have seized most of Zaire, has refused to halt his military advance while Mobutu dallies, clinging to his office.

28.   Laurent Kabila, whose rebel troops have seized most of Zaire, had refused to halt his military advance while Mobutu dallied, clinging to his office.

29.   Laurent Kabila, whose troops have seized most of Zaire, has refused to halt his military advance while Mobutu mulls his choices.

30.   On Capitol Hill, a senior CIA official testified that Croatian military advances have led to abuses and added to human suffering in the former Yugoslavia.