1.   There were signs of an improvement in the situation in northern Uganda during the year, after a series of successful government offensives.

2.   The government offensive against Karen rebels based along the Thai border escalated during March.

3.   There were conflicting claims about the number of army and rebel casualties following a renewed government offensive against the northern strongholds of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

4.   At that time, he said it was a government military offensive that was crippling the rebel smuggling operation.

5.   Avendano, who has received frequent letters in the past from Marcos, said he has had no communication since the government offensive began last week.

6.   A government offensive on the Jaffna peninsula in July stalled rapidly after early gains against the rebels.

7.   A Western diplomat said most refugees are probably in areas controlled by the rebels and would not go back to Malisevo or Orahovac even if the government offensive ended.

8.   But some computer activists remained concerned about a government offensive in the unstructured world of cyberspace.

9.   Many of the people were taken from their homes by Serbian military forces as they retreated in the face of a Bosnian government offensive last fall.

10.   Once again Friday, Bosnian Serb radio reportedly called for volunteers to help forestall a government offensive in central Bosnia.