11.   Taliban reinforcements, heavy weapons and heavy artillery were being brought to the area in apparent preparation for an attack.

12.   Thai television, meanwhile, reported that Burma was massing soldiers in apparent preparation to attack Karen refugee camps inside Thailand.

13.   The attacks came amid apparent preparations for another Russian assault.

14.   The attacks came amid apparent preparations for another Russian assault on Grozny, where heavy fog today limited visibility to a few blocks and sharply reduced shelling.

15.   The scene settled down overnight, but around dawn police pushed journalists several hundred yards away from the villa in apparent preparation for a second attempt to arrest him.

16.   Yugoslavia has been reinforcing positions along the borders with both Albania and Macedonia in apparent preparation for a possible ground assault by the allies.

17.   In Peru, journalists reported the arrival of fresh troops, heavy transports and weapons and munitions at military bases near the border in apparent preparation for the offensive.

18.   In Peru, journalists reported the arrival of fresh troops, heavy transports and weapons and munitions at military bases near the border in apparent preparation for an offensive.

19.   In Zagreb, a UN source reported that separatist Croatian Serb troops were massing along the border with Bosnia in apparent preparation to back Bosnian Serb forces in Bihac.

20.   And Russian forces kept up a heavy artillery barrage on the Chechen capital in apparent preparation for an assault by ground troops.