1.   A shaky federation between the Bosnians and Croatia holds sway here.

2.   Any weakening of his political standing could unsettle Bosnia, particularly its shaky federation of Muslims and Croats, which Tudjman has supported under pressure from Washington.

3.   As a result, Muslim-Croat relations in the shaky federation, which controls half of Bosnia, reached a new low.

4.   At Dayton, Bosnia was divided between the Bosnian Serbs and a shaky federation of Muslims and Croats.

5.   It also underscored rising animosities between Muslims and Bosnian Croats, who are supposed to be partners in the shaky federation.

6.   It also underscored rising animosities between Bosnian Muslims and Croats, supposed to be partners in the shaky federation.

7.   It also underscored rising animosities between Muslims and Bosnian Croats, supposed to be partners in the shaky federation.

8.   It ended under U.S. pressure when the former foes formed a shaky federation which controls half of Bosnia.

9.   Muslim and Croat leaders, warning that a collapse of their shaky federation could trigger renewed war in Bosnia, huddled Thursday to discuss ways to bolster cooperation.

10.   Negotiations over the defense law dragged on for almost four months, with Muslim and Bosnian Croat partners in the shaky federation unable to agree on a common text.