61.   With the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Bosnia near collapse, the U.N. chief on Tuesday proposed redeploying U.N. troops in the country and redefining their mission.

62.   Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic fired his secret service chief on Tuesday following reports the official opposed his hard-line policies, including the crackdown in Kosovo.

63.   Yerin fired the police chief on Monday, the same day Ilyushenko issued a decree dismissing the prosecutor.

64.   He added that he would discuss the redeployment with army chiefs on Friday.

65.   He later elaborated on North Korean arms sales when he briefed the Japanese defence chief on the Israeli situation.

66.   He said he planned among other things to try to define the ground rules for talks between Syrian and Israeli military chiefs on Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights.

67.   He was due to hold further talks Thursday with military chiefs on the gradual redeployment, Israeli radio said.

68.   In Islamabad meanwhile, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf held a joint session of his cabinet and security chiefs on Wednesday to discuss the fraut situation.

69.   Israel appointed Brigadier General Moshe Yaalon as military intelligence chief on Friday, the first time an officer who has no background in intelligence has taken the post.

70.   African representatives at the United Nations discussed candidates for UN chief on Tuesday as Egypt firmly stood by Boutros Boutros-Ghali for a second term.