1.   A senior U.N. official asked the largest United Nations refugee agency Tuesday to monitor shaky human rights in Croatian areas recently held by Serbs once peacekeepers leave.

2.   Officials said about a dozen unarmed military observers will be in place in Gorazde before the last peacekeepers leave by next Thursday.

3.   Russian peacekeepers leave for Kosovo after dispute with NATO is resolved.

4.   Some people in Monrovia have also expressed the fear that war could break out again once the peacekeepers leave.

5.   Somalia faces continued chaos and fighting after U.N. peacekeepers leave, but analysts hope for a semblance of stability outside the capital of Mogadishu.