1.   Lastly, the Bosnian army advance is a weapon in the hands of UN and American officials negotiating a peace for Sarajevo and Bosnia.

2.   Should the Bosnian army advance as far as Prijedor, it would be able to then move on Banja Luka from the west as well as the south.

3.   Bosnian Serbs shelled the government stronghold of Tuzla for the second day on Tuesday, amid reports of government army advances on two fronts.

4.   Bosnian Serbs shelled the government stronghold of Tuzla for the second day Tuesday, amid reports of government army advances on two fronts.

5.   But now, rebel leaders who trusted Ruiz are on the run, as the army advances into their territory with an arrest warrant for rebel spokesman Subcomandante Marcos.

6.   Milosevic is under growing pressure from Bosnian and Croatian Serbs to defend them from a Croatian army advance through Serb-held territory in Croatia.

7.   Relief workers believe the refugees are within range of artillery and mortars and are imperiled by continual Burmese army advances.

8.   The police will secure and patrol captured areas as the army advances toward the town, a field officer who requested anonymity told The Associated Press by telephone.

9.   In a statement from its London office, the LTTE said Wednesday that civilians were still coming over to their side because the rebels had stalled an army advance.

10.   A defence ministry statement Monday claimed that Tiger guerrillas trapped inside Jaffna were running out of ammunition but had orders from their leaders to resist the army advance.