21.   The Bosnian Serb news agency on Thursday made a rare admission of having lost territory in the Treskavica hills south of Sarajevo.

22.   The Bosnian Serb news agency on Thursday made a rare admission of having lost territory in the Treskavica hills, south of Sarajevo.

23.   The Bosnian Serb news agency on Thursday made a rare admission of having lost territory on Mount Treskavic, south of Sarajevo.

24.   The report representated a rare admission on the part of government officials of setbacks in their war with the rebels.

25.   The Xinhua report of the robbery in central Beijing on Saturday was a rare admission by state media of violence in the tightly controlled capital.

26.   In a rare admission, the army admitted its tanks had wrongly opened fire, causing civilian deaths.

27.   In a rare admission, the Xinhua report acknowledged, however, the extent to which China had harassed the Panchen Lama, a key figure in Tibetan Buddhism.

28.   In a rare admission of food shortages, hardline communist North Korea Friday asked for a loan of surplus rice from its wealthy but estranged neighbor Japan.

29.   In a rare admission of admiration among the elite bracket of players where egos predominate, Sampras lauded Becker as one of the greatest players of all time.

30.   In a rare admission of fatalities, Michkayev said seven of his men were killed and many wounded.