11.   Pristina remains largely unscathed by the year of bloodshed in Kosovo since Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic began an offensive to crush separatist rebels.

12.   An attempted coup against Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein fizzled Thursday when government tanks and helicopters crushed the rebels at an army camp near Baghdad, diplomatic sources said.

13.   Australia has urged its former territory Papua New Guinea to abandon plans to crush rebels on the copper-rich island of Bougainville.

14.   Before this, the fighting was limited to the southern Eastern Equatoria province where Sudan said it has crushed the rebels.

15.   But human rights groups said they were being sent back into the path of the Burmese offensive to crush the rebel Karen National Union.

16.   But Museveni later rejected negotiations and vowed to crush the rebels militarily.

17.   He was arrested after Yeltsin sent troops and tanks to crush the rebels.

18.   His confidence contrasts with reports from Grozny, the Chechen capital, which say Russian troops are nearing victory in their month-old campaign to crush the rebels.

19.   Hundreds of people have been killed since Milosevic began his crackdown on Kosovo in February to crush the rebel Kosova Liberation Army.

20.   However, Chan has complained that Australian support falls well short of what is needed to crush rebels who want independence for Bougainville.