31.   But it does nothing to heal the widening gulf between two halves of the Serb republic, one controlled by Karadzic and the other by Plavsic.

32.   But they refused to take an oath of office swearing allegiance only to the Serb republic and containing references to the Serb Orthodox religion.

33.   But to end the war he was forced to accept a Bosnia divided into a Muslim-Croat federation and a Serb republic, with a weak central government.

34.   Christopher said Tudjman recognized the importance of elections to usher in new leaders of a Muslim-Croatian federation and a Serb republic.

35.   Croats joined Bosnian Serbs in seeking possible changes to the Dayton peace accord, which divides Bosnia-Herzegovina into a Muslim-Croat federation and a Serb republic.

36.   Djindjic, a key opposition figure, is currently in Montenegro, the small pro-Western republic which with the Serb republic forms Yugoslavia.

37.   Ethnic Albanians outnumber Serbs nine to one in Kosovo, a poor southern province in the Serb republic which dominates Yugoslavia.

38.   EU withdraws support for Serb republic.

39.   For most, the goal is to end the isolation of the Serb republic, to make it a democratic, cosmopolitan citizen of the world.

40.   For five months, Serb troops have been fighting the Kosovo Liberation Army, which seeks independence from the Serb republic that dominates Yugoslavia.