The Serbs turned in five heavy weapons, bringing the total to a meagre 23 guns - 18 Serbian and five Bosnian. Haris Silajdzic, the Bosnian Prime Minister, said: 'I am afraid that such an approach and an attempt to appease the aggression further would bring a hardening of the Serbian position.'One Western diplomat in Belgrade said yesterday that the Bosnian Serbs were involved in a game of brinkmanship. 'It seems crazy that aid donors would want to endanger the survival of millions of the Bangladeshis just for the sake of the hill tribes - who are 0.5 per cent of our population,' an exasperated official said.Once across the frontier the bewildered tribespeople were treated to coloured flags and music blasting so loudly it scattered the jungle birds. The Javanese-dominated regime, which has huge multinational investments, faces at least two other active guerrilla revolts by powerful nationalist, cultural and ethnic groups in resource-rich West Papua and Northern Sumatra.The resistance in East Timor represents a threat and a provocation that is far beyond its tiny military potential. And Manmohan Singh (the Finance Minister) cares a lot about the budget deficit.'British officials admit Mr Singh is 'an effective operator' and say their faith in the successful liberalisation of the Indian economy rests largely on his competence.During Mr Rao's visit, General Electric signed a memorandum of understanding on a pounds 1bn deal to build a power station in Maharashtra state. And they are seriously over-represented in building society figures.The monthly report from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, which has members in estate agents right across the price range, reflects this growing development of a two- tier market. He gave his company the back-slapping, ol' boy name My Kinda Town, and published no fewer than 12 editions of his personalised restaurant directory, the Chicagoan Guide to London.But Bob Payton was no Chicagoan. As the race begins, he squares up to the magnificent untamed creature and says, 'I've no wish to fight you.' Then he punches it in the head.How many people, outside Blazing Saddles, have ever really punched a horse?But that's not the point.

They had to be before the court because 'past misconduct' was relevant in relation to fitness to hold a licence.Christopher Moger, for the Gaming Board, said the complaints included unacceptable methods of stimulating gambling demand and disquiet about the way London Clubs estimated the 'drop' - the total amount wagered - in its casinos, which led to misleading comparisons with its competitors.George Carman QC, for London Clubs, said there was no proper evidence of misconduct in the past. It is this, rather than people's commitment to this side or the other, that is driving public passion and panic about inaction. His book of biographical essays, Great Contemporaries, was published in the 1930s. Far from providing a test for the world's best its only saving grace was that it was over quickly.'We forgave them for setting such a poor course in the first race,' said Gordon Maguire, skipper of the Irish two-tonner Jameson 2.

But there was at least one thing that the two conservative leaders could drink to last night: the fact that the Community has given up its high-handed attitude to the countries that want to join it. I was hungry to learn. I'd just come out of the RAF and I'd done a double act and all this sort of stuff - I went to Butlins as a Redcoat with a pal of mine, then we went into variety for about two years and then he decided he'd had enough and I went solo and I really had to fight to get on.The casting for this production didn't seem to matter at all because it was only playing half of a double act again, but then Mr Pastry called for volunteers, and that sketch was the most important thing to me. Its clients include the mentally ill, the senile, alcoholics and victims of crime and medical negligence.The accounts held for the mentally incapable have a high rate of interest (8 per cent gross at present) and are opened in the name of the Accountant General of the Supreme Court. I thought: 'What the hell's going on here?' Then the manager got sacked the next day, and I thought it was all a bit much.'If somebody had taken the time to explain to the players what was going on, it might have been a bit easier to accept, but no one did, and for that week or two I was pretty fed up with the whole thing.'Was Past tense.