1.   The UNHCR says the Muslim-led Bosnian government and leaders of the Serbs had already agreed a ceasefire to let the convoy pass.

2.   In June, shortly before a ceasefire was agreed, frontline rebel positions could be seen armed with only a handful of armoured cars and heavy guns.

3.   A ceasefire was agreed the same day leading to negotiations for the liberation of the KNU leaders and a five-point accord was signed.

4.   Battles resumed the day after the ceasefire was agreed, with nine killed, but little fighting has taken place since.

5.   Both sides said fighting had finished and that a ceasefire had been agreed.

6.   Both sides said the more than one week of fighting was now over after agreeing a ceasefire.

7.   But the fighting appeared relatively low-key following with the worst upsurge in fighting here since a ceasefire was agreed in February.

8.   Chechen and Russian officials held peace talks Thursday in the Chechen capital Grozny but failed to agree a ceasefire.

9.   Fifteen have agreed ceasefires in exchange for development aid.

10.   The Russian and rebel military commanders in Chechnya Saturday formally agreed a ceasefire, consolidating a fragile truce that took effect Wednesday.