United Nations officials explained that efforts were being made to avoid bombing the immediate Sarajevo area in order to allow guns to be removed.

The Yugoslav Army said all of its installations in the Sarajevo area came under attack today.

He announced the agreement earlier this week after three days of shuttle diplomacy in the Sarajevo area.

Yet Milanka, like me, was born in the Sarajevo area.

All figures after 1945 represent the greater Sarajevo area.

The greater Sarajevo area meanwhile has a 9.56 birth rate and 8.01 mortality rate, which makes for a population growth rate of about 1.55.

While last week's attacks had been largely focused in the Sarajevo area, the new list includes some targets further afield, the officials said.

If current growth trends continue, the Sarajevo metropolitan area should return to its pre-war population by 2020, with the city following soon after.

About 15,000 Serbs have returned to the Sarajevo area in the last 18 months, nudging displaced people to return to other regions around the country.

"That's a reasonable clue, but there could be more than one group in the Sarajevo area using the same tactics."