41.   In practice, said Alexander Ivanko, a U.N. spokesman in Sarajevo, NATO and U.N. commanders want the reimposition of the heavy weapons exclusion zone around Sarajevo.

42.   In February, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization threatened the Serbs with air strikes unless they withdrew or placed their heavy weapons in U.N. depots.

43.   In Sarajevo, despite the withdrawal of heavy weapons and cessation of bombing, all was not quiet.

44.   In September, Mladic confronted the West by refusing to pull his heavy weapons back from Sarajevo.

45.   In theory, the removal of the heavy weapons from a U.N. collection site could prompt NATO air strikes.

46.   In turn, Serbian rebels agreed to surrender the heavy weapons they had used to cover their retreat.

47.   Israeli navy officials announced at a news conference Monday night that on Sunday they had seized a small boat filled with sophisticated heavy weapons bound for the Gaza Strip.

48.   It has monitored the movement of heavy weapons into storage areas and formerly warring troops into barracks.

49.   Israel said it did not use any heavy weapons during the shooting.

50.   It was clear, he said, that unarmed monitors of the verification mission would not be capable of taking heavy weapons from the security police.