P164 CEEFAX 164  Thu 17 Aug  19:14/28
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 CROAT BID TO CAPTURE SERB-HELD DRVAR   
 Croatian forces have stepped up their  
 military pressure in western Bosnia    
 with an offensive to capture the Serb- 
 held town of Drvbr, the UN has said.   
                                        
 Bosnian Serb leader Radovbn Karadzic   
 says the town is in danger of falling  
 and must bj "defended at all costs".   
                                        
 Meanwhile, the UN says at least 4,000  
 Croatian troops have massed around the 
 Croatian port city of Dubrovnik. It is 
 under attack from Serb forces in       
 mountains across the border in Bosnia. 
                                        
 The UN says a new offensive could begin
 "within a few days". See 163           
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