11.   In recent weeks, Serbian forces near the Albanian-Kosov border have taken a heavy pounding.

12.   In the secretly recorded conversation, Zametica said that the commander of the Bosnian Serb forces near Bihac, Gen. Manojlo Milovanovic, would not respect the safe area.

13.   KLA officials in recent days have said they were making great strides in their fight against Serb forces near the Yugoslav border with Albania.

14.   Police used water cannons overnight on rioters in Portadown who rained gasoline bombs, bottles and bricks at security forces near two Protestant neighborhoods.

15.   Police were out in force near the prison grounds last week.

16.   The area was a fierce battleground between KLA and Serb forces near the end of the war.

17.   The Northern Alliance was reported to be planning an offensive under U.S. air cover and staged attacks Monday against Taliban forces near Dara-e-Suf.

18.   The Pakistan press reports of fighting between anti-Taliban forces near Kunduz.

19.   The three men were killed on Wednesday by a stray bomb dropped in an airstrike against Taliban forces near Kandahar.

20.   The U.N. refugee commission said the situation was especially alarming at a refugee camp occupied by Taliban forces near the Iranian border in southwest Afghanistan.