"I urge the Syrian government to halt their offensive, " U.N.

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SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (CNN) -- NATO and U.N. officials have extended the halt in airstrikes against Bosnian Serbs by another 72 hours after deciding that the Serbs were making substantial progress in removing their heavy weapons from around Sarajevo.

CNN: NATO extends deadline for Bosnian Serbs to move weapons

While Russia, a non-NATO country, had previously opposed a peacekeeping force with NATO at its core, it agreed to compromise wording in the proposed U.N. resolution that calls for a halt in the bombing of Yugoslavia before the resolution is formally approved.

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