NEWS
February 11, 1994 | ART PINE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The U.N.-negotiated cease-fire between Bosnian Serb and Muslim factions in Sarajevo went into effect as scheduled Thursday, but the truce was shattered briefly just before midnight when two artillery shells crashed into the city, accompanied by a barrage of machine-gun fire. U.S. and U.N.
NEWS
February 18, 1994 | DANICA KIRKA and CAROL J. WILLIAMS, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Bosnian Serb forces Thursday began what U.N. observers called a massive withdrawal from mountaintop artillery nests ringing Sarajevo, offering the first serious sign that they may comply with a NATO ultimatum to end their siege or face air strikes. U.N. officials reported large weapons convoys moving away from the Bosnian capital, an apparent effort by the Serbian rebels to comply with a week-old NATO order to withdraw or surrender all heavy weapons within a 12-mile radius of the capital by 1 a.
NEWS
March 18, 1994 | Associated Press
Serbs and Muslims gave Sarajevo hope Thursday for an end to the city's crippling 23-month siege: a breakthrough agreement to partly open a road to the outside world. The U.N.-brokered agreement, which also links divided sectors of the capital to civilian traffic, is the latest sign that the Bosnian war is winding down. Still, officials on both sides warned the city was far from free or united, and some residents expressed skepticism after nearly two years of bloodletting among neighbors.