71.   The heavy fighting erupted just hours after government leaders gave their clearest indication yet that they intend to silence Serb guns around the besieged city.

72.   The men were from a group of fighters who had apparently broken out of the besieged city overnight and fled toward Mazar-e-Sharif.

73.   The rebels have urged civilians to leave the besieged cities, claiming the government is using them as human shields.

74.   The Russian government claimed Chechen President Dzhokhar Dudayev had fled the palace Sunday and taken refuge in a bunker on the outskirts of the besieged city.

75.   The Serbs also promised to allow humanitarian supplies to pass unimpeded into the besieged city.

76.   The peacekeepers have been trying to halt attacks on convoys over the Igman road, the only route into the besieged city.

77.   The Serbs closed all access to the besieged city Friday following a series of incidents that have added to Serb-U.N. tensions.

78.   The Serbs closed all access to the besieged city Friday following a series of incidents that have fed Serb-U.N. tensions.

79.   The Russian government claimed Chechen President Dzhokhar Dudayev had fled the palace and taken refuge in a bunker on the outskirts of the besieged city.

80.   The Russian government claimed he had taken refuge in a bunker on the outskirts of the besieged city.