51.   NATO warplanes and U.N. rapid reaction forces reacted Wednesday by attacking Serb targets around the besieged city.

52.   Moscow claimed the secessionist leader had taken refuge in a bunker on the outskirts of the besieged city.

53.   NATO planes buzzed Bihac on Friday after Serb tanks and artillery resumed fire on the besieged city, but there were no NATO air strikes on the Serb positions.

54.   On Friday, U.N. peacekeepers squared off against Bosnian Serb troops on a key Sarajevo road as the Serbs blocked access to the besieged city.

55.   Panicked civilians ran for cover and many fled for the mountains in truck-pulled trailers as the exodus from the besieged city swelled.

56.   Residents of the besieged city, fearful of new air strikes, huddled in basements and sought shelter among the ruins.

57.   Serbs demanded a government withdrawal from the Igman demititarized zone as a precondition for clearing road access for civilians in and out of the besieged city.

58.   Russian forces sealed off Gudermes Saturday, blocking the flight of terrified refugees while they continued to pound the besieged Chechen city.

59.   Russia poured reinforcements toward the besieged city and appeared to be preparing for a new assault.

60.   Some nevertheless found their hopes lifted by the latest four-month truce, which led to the reopening of a civilian route out of the besieged city.