41.  UN spokesman Fred Eckhard said Croatian forces had captured a vantage point overlooking the Serb stronghold on Sunday and that there were some casualities.

42.  Washington is also concerned that Croatian forces could cross into Bosnia and join the Muslim forces fighting the Serbs, setting off a wider war.

43.  While Croatian forces have captured rebel Serb territory in the west and south, the northern region has proved somewhat more intractable.

44.  A BBC journalist was shot and killed WEdnesday and two were wounded when Croatian forces opened fire on their armored vehicle headed for Bihac, the BBC said.

45.  A BBC journalist was shot and killed Wednesday and two were wounded when Croatian forces opened fire on them as they headed for Bihac, the BBC said.

46.  A private U.S. firm with retired officers on the payroll has been helping reshape Croatian forces to match Western standards.

47.  And Bosnian Serb Leader Radovan Karadzic said from the Bosnian Serb stronghold of Pale that he had ordered a counter-offensive against Croatian forces to retake the two towns.

48.  As Croatian forces regained rebel-held territories, Martic ordered retaliatory missile fire against the Croatian capital, Zagreb, that killed several civilians.

49.  As the Croatian forces pressed their offensive, fighting raged in many parts of former Yugoslav republic.

50.  As government and Croatian forces retake land in Bosnia and Croatia, several mass graves have come to light.