Many observers believe that means UN commanders will be even less willing to request air strikes than hitherto.Mr Perry said: 'The Serbian government has stated its intention to stop shipping war material to the Bosnian Serbs. We have incomplete reports that this has been partially, but not fully, complied with. We count on Russia as the member of the contact group with the best communications with the Serbian government to assist in the enforcement of this.'Mr Perry returns to face the Congress over the Bosnian government's decision not to request an immediate lifting of the UN arms embargo. Dr Perry said he would like to request lifting the embargo now, but with a six-month delay. 'We want to use that time to move decisively to a peace plan,' he said.

'We can take full advantage of that six months only if Nato honours its responsibility to apply credible force.'The 'Visegrad Group', comprising Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, was often mentioned as most likely to get early Nato membership. But Nato ministers also stressed the strategic importance of Ukraine. An early decision to admit the Visegrad Group could push Ukraine into the Russian sphere of influence, sources said. 'We have certainly not specified who or when (they will be admitted) and we're not likely to, in the near future', Mr Perry added.The Spanish Defence Minister, Garcia Vargas, raised the question of the southern flank, which Mr Perry agreed was 'very volatile'. He refused to cite 'specific examples of particular programmes'.. WHEN Ha van Anh saw the leather gloves, a spasm of fear shot through his by now naked body Before him stood a stocky man in a police uniform He had a sinister glint in his eye The beating lasted 20 minutes. Mr Anh, a Vietnamese asylum seeker in Germany, lost count of kicks and punches from the officer and an accomplice.