21.   Rebel foreign affairs minister Bizima Karaha said the talks would take only hours and that the rebel offensive would continue.

22.   Rebel offensive continues despite government curfew.

23.   Sharon said Monday that the offensive would continue until Palestinian militias responsible for a string of shooting and bombing attacks on Israelis were crushed.

24.   Sharon has said the offensive would continue until Palestinian militias were crushed.

25.   Silajdzic, on the other hand, has said offensives should continue until an agreement is signed and the rebels demilitarize Banja Luka.

26.   The number is expected to rise as the offensive in Kosovo continues.

27.   The offensive continued despite a U.N. Security Council warning Wednesday threatening further action unless the fighting stopped.

28.   The prime minister said the offensive would continue until Israel has destroyed what he called the Palestinian infrastructure of terror.

29.   Troop leaders vowed that their offensive would continue until the rebels were driven out of the country.

30.   Indian Defence Minister George Fernandes said Monday the diplomatic offensive would continue until all peaceful channels for resolving the crisis had been exhausted.