11.  Richard Holbrooke, assistant U.S. secretary of state for European affairs, said Thursday that he would visit Sarajevo during his current tour of Balkan capitals.

12.  Straw had postponed a visit to Macedonia in June after violence in the Balkan capital before the current cease-fire agreement.

13.  This marks the entrance of a major U.S hotel operator to the Balkan capital.

14.  Tsochadzopoulos will begin a tour of Balkan capitals Thursday, visiting Romania, Bulgaria and Macedonia to promote a common approach to the issue among regional countries.

15.  Tsochadzopoulos is to leave on a tour of Balkan capitals Thursday, visiting Romania, Bulgaria and Macedonia to promote a common approach to the issue among regional countries.

16.  Holbrooke was speaking after meeting Izetbegovic in Sarajevo on the first leg of a tour of Balkan capitals.

17.  An eight-point ceasefire agreement was reached earlier Thursday at the end of a week of frenetic shuttle diplomacy between the Balkan capitals led by Holbrooke.

18.  Perry, who has been on a tour of Balkan capitals, had been due to meet here with Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic.