21.   Janowski said UNHCR sent a letter of protest to local government officials in the Zenica region and asked for safety guarantees for British and other U.N. aid personnel.

22.   Negotiations Monday with the Bosnian Serbs, who surround the airport, to secure safety guarantees for flights made little progress, said U.N. spokesman Lt. Col. Gary Coward.

23.   Negotiations Monday with the Bosnian Serbs, who surround the airport, to secure safety guarantees made little progress, said U.N. spokesman Lt. Col. Gary Coward.

24.   Officials welcomed the decision to release the officers, whose capture prompted President Joseph Estrada to suspend peace talks with the NDF and withdraw safety guarantees for rebel negotiators.

25.   President Joseph Estrada ordered a suspension of the peace talks and safety guarantees two months ago after the rebels abducted several military officers, including a general.

26.   Red Cross representatives said they have received safety guarantees from Tajik authorities and opposition field commanders, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported.

27.   Rebel leader George Speight on Monday renewed a threat to harm the hostages if an armed rescue mission was mounted, reversing a safety guarantee he gave Sunday.

28.   Seven buses carrying the gunmen entered Chechnya on Tuesday evening after spending most of the day just over the border in Dagestan awaiting additional safety guarantees from the government.

29.   Sarajevans hoping to leave their city this weekend with at least some safety guarantees have had their hopes dashed.

30.   The abduction of the two army officers prompted Estrada to suspend the talks and the safety guarantees for rebel negotiators.