1.   Brcko straddles a narrow northern corridor that strategically linked eastern and western parts of the Serb substate.

2.   Combat spread Friday to areas near a strategic northern corridor while diplomats tried in vain to restart peace talks.

3.   Fierce duels erupted all around the northern Posavina corridor, a slender but vital Serb supply route linking Serb-held areas of Croatia and Bosnia with Serbia proper.

4.   Fighting has spread to near a strategic northern corridor while the latest effort to restart peace talks foundered.

5.   In northern Bosnia, Serb shelling eased of a Bosnian Croat enclave near a northern corridor linking the holdings of rebel Serbs in Bosnia and Croatia with Serbia proper.

6.   In northern Bosnia, Serbs eased shelling of a Bosnian Croat enclave near a northern corridor linking the holdings of rebel Serbs in Bosnia and Croatia with Serbia proper.

7.   In northern Bosnia, Serb shelling eased off a Bosnian Croat enclave near a northern corridor linking the holdings of rebel Serbs in Bosnia and Croatia with Serbia proper.

8.   Resistance to the Dayton accord also came from the Bosnian Croats, who ultimately would have to surrender considerable territory near a vital northern Serb corridor.

9.   SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina -- Combat spreads to areas near a strategic northern corridor while diplomats tried in vain to restart peace talks.

10.   The northern corridor will run from the Korean peninsula to Moscow and thereby to the eastern gates of Europe.