The Croatian army and rebel Krajina Serb forces began pulling back heavy weapons near ZADAR after a cease-fire agreement aimed at formally ending their 1991 war took effect in the morning.

The Red Cross has suspended plans for immediate evacuation of thousands of Muslims and Croats from PRIJEDOR, scene of recent ethnic violence, after Bosian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic placed drastic limits on the number of people he would allow to go.