51.   Outgunned troops of the Moslem-dominated Bosnian army retreated en masse from Bihac Friday in a desperate bid to regroup their defences in the north of the enclave.

52.   Rao went to the Delhi High Court for bail in a desperate bid to stay out of prison after Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Prem Kumar rejected his appeal.

53.   Singapore Friday hanged a Filipina maid convicted of double murder, overriding protests in the Philippines and a desperate bid by lawyers to stall the execution.

54.   Sri Lanka called for bids from foreign firms to urgently provide barge-mounted electricity generators in a desperate bid to avert a blackout, officials said Tuesday.

55.   Sri Lanka has been pouring hundreds of army reinforcements by sea and air in Mullaitivu in a desperate bid to recapture the garrison.

56.   South Korean high school students are substituting blood donations for high marks in a desperate bid to enter college, following new admission guidelines, reports said on Thursday.

57.   Sri Lanka is to short-circuit bureaucratic procedures in a desperate bid to buy electricity from private firms and overcome a major energy shortage, officials said Thursday.

58.   The Chinese government, in a desperate bid to reign in spiralling inflation, has ordered all price rises to be shelved for the rest of the year.

59.   The desperate ruling party bid to recruit opposition and independent legislators has angered opposition parties.

60.   The duchess is accompanied by her daughters Beatrice and Eugenie but they have so far foiled desperate bids by photographers to catch the two groups of royals skiing together.