31.   Abkhazian separatists have warned they will take over the base, but Russian officials have suggested handing it over to Russian peacekeepers instead.

32.   A Russian military delegation arrived in the former Yugoslavia Sunday on a fact-finding mission amid unconfirmed reports that Russian peacekeepers might be deployed in Sarajevo.

33.   A Russian peacekeeper struck a land mine in the troubled Georgian region of Abkhazia and lost his leg, a news agency reported Friday.

34.   A Russian peacekeeper was found dead early Thursday, shot in the back and the back of the head.

35.   A Russian peacekeeper was killed and another wounded by a land mine in the Kodori Gorge in the breakaway province of Abkhazia, officials said Sunday.

36.   A second batch of Russian peacekeepers set sail for Kosovo on Saturday from the Black Sea port of Tuapse, the Interfax news agency reported.

37.   A shootout outside a striptease bar wounded two off-duty Russian peacekeepers and one ethnic Albanian man, a United Nations spokesman said Tuesday.

38.   A truce, monitored by Russian peacekeepers and U.N. observers, is now in place.

39.   Also Wednesday, Russian Defense Minister Igor Sergeyev said Russian peacekeepers could join NATO forces in Kosovo as early as Friday.

40.   An armored personnel carrier struck a road mine in the breakaway region of Abkhazia on Thursday, injuring six Russian peacekeepers, officials said.