31.   Mutinous soldiers signed a truce Wednesday with the army, raising hopes of a lasting peace after three violent rebellions in little over a year.

32.   Neither the Croatian Serbs nor the Muslims loyal to separatist leader Fikret Abdic signed the truce.

33.   Neither the Croatian Serbs nor the renegade Muslims have signed the truce.

34.   On Thursday, Bosnian Serbs, who did sign the truce, attacked government forces at Vedro Polje, southwest of Bihac.

35.   Russia and Chechnya signed a truce last year following a two-year war of secession.

36.   Russia and Chechnya signed a truce last year following a two-year war.

37.   Second rebel group to sign truce next week.

38.   Tajik President Emomali Rakhmonov and opposition leader Syed Abdullo Nuri hoped to sign a truce on Saturday, if details of the accord could be worked out.

39.   The Croatian Serbs and the rebel Muslims did not sign the truce and continued to fight until Friday.

40.   The country has been basically peaceful since the two sides signed a truce in December, agreeing to defer a decision on Chechen independence for five years.