1.   His parents evacuated their home four years ago when the Serb rebellion forced them out.

2.   Previously, he had backed the Serb rebellions in Croatia and Serbia both militarily and politically, and he is widely regarded as the chief instigator of those wars.

3.   Almost exactly five years after the Serb rebellion in Croatia began here, Knin was falling.

4.   Any Serb negotiating demands will require approval by President Slobodan Milosevic of Serbia, whose country is suffering U.N. sanctions for encouraging Serb rebellion.

5.   Associated Press reporter Julijana Mojsilovic was in Knin, where the Serb rebellion in Croatia began five years ago, as it began to fall Friday.

6.   Both Bosnia and Croatia seceded from Serb-dominated Yugoslavia, prompting Serb rebellions at home.

7.   Both the Croatian and the Bosnian wars began with Serb rebellions against secession from Serb-dominated Yugoslavia.

8.   But Yugoslavia was slapped with international sanctions for supporting the Serb rebellions.

9.   Croatia also is seeking recognition from Yugoslavia in the hope of avoiding renewed warfare with Serbia, which backed the Serb rebellion in Croatia.

10.   Croatia called a halt to its military blitz against rebel Serbs on Monday, after regaining nearly all the territory it lost in the Serb rebellion four years ago.