71.   Bosnian Croat and Bosnian government areas are linked in a US-brokered federation arrangement, one of two political entities envisaged for a post-war Bosnia-Hercegovina.

72.   But mistrust and disagreement between the Moslem and Croat partners have frequently threatened to destabilise efforts to make the federation a viable political entity.

73.   China views Taiwan as a renegade province and its government as a regional administration and has refused to treat Taiwan as an independent political entity.

74.   China, which regards Taiwan as a renegade Chinese province, adamantly refuses to recognize the island as a political entity with its own sovereignty and international status.

75.   China, which views Taiwan as a renegade province, refuses to accept the island as a political entity.

76.   The other political entity is the rebel Serb republic, Republika Srpska.

77.   Three small Italian Christian Democratic centre-right parties announced Thursday they were merging into a new political entity to give themselves more parliamentary clout.

78.   Under the Dayton accord, Bosnia is to retain its sovereignty but consist of two equal political entities, a Bosnian Serb republic and a Moslem-Croat federation.

79.   Under the Dayton accord, Bosnia is to retain its sovereignty but consist of two equal political entities, a Bosnian Serb republic and a Moslem Croat federation.

80.   Its status, under Dayton, is simply that of an administrative border between the two political entities that make up post-war Bosnia.