81. Bildt, who later went to meet with Serb officials in Sarajevo, emphasized that building confidence on both sides of the confrontation line was vital. 82. Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic said government forces had suffered big losses in the latest attack, while Serb military officials said both sides took casualties. 83. Bosnian Serb official Aleksa Buha said the Serbs are following international conventions on war prisoners. 84. Bosnian Serb official Dragan Bulajic offered no explanation for why the Serbs did not fulfill the pledge. 85. Bosnian Serb officials are demanding that the U.N. abide by the letter of the agreement and refuse to fly other civilians. 86. Bosnian Serb officials have been hinting for days that more hostages would be released. 87. Bosnian Serb officials have threatened to revive their wartime practice of taking U.N. staff hostage to ward off NATO strikes, a U.N. official said Monday. 88. Bosnian Serb officials in Pale, southeast of Sarajevo, have trouble communicating with the region. 89. Bosnian Serb officials insist they will not be turned over to the tribunal, where the first trial for war crimes in the former Yugoslavia opens Tuesday. 90. Bosnian Serb officials meeting in Banja Luka, their northern stronghold, also appealed to President Slobodan Milosevic of Serbia for protection against further losses. |