1.  Among the burnt-out cars and shell-holes of the besieged Bosnian capital, residents wept and talked of this respite from destruction and death.

2.  A French proposal to open up a land corridor to insure supplies to the besieged capital of Sarajevo, was discussed but no decision was made, Millon said.

3.  He quietly slipped out of this besieged capital aboard a flight to his northern hometown, which diplomats described as a brief stopover en route to permanent exile.

4.  In the preceding days, Marine guards fended off frantic crowds who were swarming the gates, begging for a way out of the besieged capital.

5.  It was assigned to artists from Sarajevo who were unable to travel from the besieged Bosnian capital.

6.  Russian generals have said they intend to use the moratorium to rest and reorganize their forces around the besieged capital of Chechnya for another round of fighting.

7.  The Russian military confirmed that a group of rebels had left the besieged capital, Grozny, and headed for the town of Alkhan-Kala on the outskirts.

8.  The Russian military reported that its forces had completed their encirclement of Grozny on Friday in an attempt to isolate the besieged Chechen capital.

9.  The talks are expected to continue Wednesday, less with hopes of resolving the deadlock than of postponing a final assault on the increasingly besieged capital.

10.  The worst reports so far have come from Alkhan-Yurt, a small village on the southwest outskirts of the besieged capital, Grozny.