Sarajevo (Reuter)- Investigators said yesterday that they had exhumed 105 bodies from two mass graves in north-west Bosnia. They are believed to be Muslims killed by Bosnian Serbs at the beginning of the war, state radio reported.

Arc de Triomphe: History and experience point to local hero Swain seeing off rivals and preserving generation gap; Sue Montgomery predicts a home success in today's French showpiece

Shaamit, the Derby winner, could face just six rivals when he lines up in the Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown on Saturday. The colt was one of 12 acceptors for the Group One race yesterday but nearly half the list, including Classic winners Bosra Sham and Zagreb, are expected to miss the race.

John Cobb finds the trainer of Zagreb, Ireland's top colt, in confident mood

Dermot Weld, still flying after Zagreb's annihilation of the best Britain could muster in the Irish Derby on Sunday, may be gunning for the old enemy again at the weekend if Definite Article comes over for the Eclipse Stakes.

RACING

CHAMPIONSHIP FOCUS No 14 Croatia

1 Drazen Ladic Croatia Zagreb

Croatia promises better democracy

Sir: Emma Daly reports from Zagreb (13 May) that Croatia's likely admission to the Council of Europe raises the issue of President Franjo Tudjman's undemocratic behaviour, in particular his riding roughshod over the Zagreb city council. Shades of Mrs Thatcher and the GLC!

Croatia's likely admission to the Council of Europe raises issues of human rights.

War crimes: UN charges Krajina leader over cluster bomb attacks

IN MY life, I have found only three writers for whom I feel love - not adulation, but personal affection for three human beings. I met none of them. One, Alexander Herzen, died long before I was born and the second, Primo Levi, killed himself in 1987. But there is no mistaking the blaze of recognition, the annunciation of a new and intimate friend, which can happen while a book is being read.

Name: Radovan Karadzic