11.  One of the reasons for halting the western military action was that Janvier left for talks with Mladic in Mali Zvornik on the Yugoslav-Bosnian border.

12.  The likelihood of Western action to stop the Serb offensive on government-held lands was questionable.

13.  Two years ago, tough Western military action could have stopped the Serb onslaught in Bosnia.

14.  While drawing support in the West as he quickly emerged as an alternative to Milosevic, Kostunica continued to blast Western actions in the Balkans.

15.  Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic on Friday wrote to his French counterpart Jacques Chirac, appealing to him to continue his calls for tougher western action on the Bosnian crisis.