31.   If the convoy gets through it will be the first in two months to reach the enclave, which is besieged by Serbs poised to overrun Bihac town.

32.   A rebel force overran a town northwest of here setting buildings on fire, looting stores, killing one police officer and kidnapping a doctor, authorities said.

33.   A UN spokesman reported little military activity overnight in the Bihac pocket where Serb forces are poised to overrun Bihac town, the centre of a UN-mandated safe area.

34.   But he added that if the Bosnian Government defense falters and the town is overrun, Croatian forces would join the fighting.

35.   Dutch UN troops guarding the enclave were unable to prevent Bosnian Serb forces from overrunning the town.

36.   The Taliban Islamic militia made more territorial gains in the strategic Ghorband valley north of Kabul on Friday when they overran two towns, witnesses and journalists saw.

37.   Last Thursday, they pushed the Masood and Dostam forces into two narrow valleys when they swiftly overran two strategic towns, Jabul Seraj and Gulbahar.

38.   Rebels also overrun Togan town in the eastern Kassala state on Monday, Kwaje added.

39.   The Croatian agency HINA reported earlier that Bosnian Croat forces said they had overrun the town after a three-day offensive against Bosnian Serbs in the region.