11.   Stufflebeem said there had been fighting around the airport of Kandahar, the desert city regarded as the spiritual center and military stronghold of the Taliban.

12.   Stavropol officials said there also was fighting around a major chemical plant.

13.   The Enterprise, a four-decade veteran of fighting all around the globe, is one of the best outfitted and most lethal warships in the Navy.

14.   Tuesday, heavy shelling was reported around Velika Kladusa and there was fighting around the town of Bihac, the United Nations said.

15.   According to a weekly U.N. status report on Burundi, fighting around the capital Bujumbura is also increasing.

16.   After three days of fierce fighting around the capital, a lull Sunday had drawn people out onto the streets.

17.   After days of relative calm, government troops and militia forces resumed fighting around the capital of this central African country, which has been devastated by heavy combat.

18.   At the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld described fighting around Kunduz as fierce.

19.   At the Pentagon, U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld described fighting around Kunduz as fierce.

20.   Bosnian Serb forces must watched closely but appear to be complying with all aspects of their agreement to stop fighting around Sarajevo, Defense Secretary William Perry said today.