1.   Rebels held hundreds of civilians and West African peacekeepers captive as the United States began flying out some of its personnel after three days of fierce fighting and looting.

2.   A Georgian guerrilla group freed three captive Russian peacekeepers Friday after the partisans were given back the bodies of two dead comrades.

3.   Americans prepared for evacuation from the embattled capital as rebel fighters held hundreds of civilians and peacekeepers captive Tuesday.

4.   In a statement, EU foreign ministers Monday repeated demands for a release of the captive peacekeepers.

5.   Milosevic said Monday that the release of the captive peacekeepers was imminent.

6.   Rebel fighters held hundreds of civilians and African peacekeepers captive Tuesday and the United Nations began flying some its staff out after three days of fierce fighting and looting.

7.   Serbs were treating the captive peacekeepers reasonably well, U.N. officials said.

8.   Serbs were treating captive peacekeepers reasonably well, UN officials said.

9.   United Nations troops must remain in Bosnia to avoid a catastrophe, Chancellor Helmut Kohl said Tuesday, demanding that Bosnian Serbs immediately release captive peacekeepers.

10.   The United States has drawn criticism recently for pressuring the United Nations to request airstrikes at risk of endangering the captive UN peacekeepers.