1.   Today, George W. is the popular governor of Texas and poised to capture a second term.

2.   UN peacekeeping operations chief Kofi Annan said the pilots had orders to attack heavy weapons threatening the northwestern Bosnian town, which rebel Serbs were poised to capture.

3.   Serb forces overran the Moslem enclave of Srebrenica last week and were Wednesday poised to capture the nearby Zepa enclave, where UN troops were ordered to pull out.

4.   The authorities in breakaway south Yemen set up pressgangs in Aden Friday to requisition men to fight northern forces poised to capture the southern capital.