1.  However, there was no immediate confirmation from the Croatian defence ministry or state-run media.

2.  A Croatian defence ministry spokesman declined to comment Friday.

3.  After the incident the Croatian defence ministry said rebel Serbs were to blame, citing accounts from the three other journalists travelling with Schofield.

4.  Croatian anti-aircraft defences Monday shot down two Bosnian Serb aircraft which were bombing targets southeast of Zagreb, the Croatian defence ministry said.

5.  Croatian Defence Minister Gojko Susak has undergone surgery in a US military hospital in Washington, a spokesman for the Croatian defence ministry said Monday.

6.  Croatian defence ministry spokesman General Ivan Tolj said that before seizing Knin, Croatian forces had cut the main roads linking Serb-held towns in Krajina.

7.  Croatian defence ministry spokesman Ivan Tolj had said Friday that Petrinja was on the verge of falling.

8.  Earlier Sunday morning Ivan Tolj, a spokesman for the Croatian defence ministry, said his country did not want to push on further with the offensive.

9.  Former Croatian defence minister General Martin Spegelj called on protestors to oppose the implementation of the Dayton accords with arms if necessary.

10.  The Ukrainian and Croatian defence ministers signed a memorandum on military cooperation on Wednesday in Zagreb, the Croatian news agency Hina said.