11.   Israeli warplanes carried out a massive bombardment of the town of Nabatiyeh on Friday minutes after a deadline expired for residents to leave their homes, police said.

12.   About an hour later, the massive bombardment began.

13.   But Russian forces have continued massive bombardments of Chechen villages using warplanes and heavy artillery.

14.   The Russians launch massive bombardments of southern Chechnya, targeting a rebel mountain stronghold at Makhketi.

15.   The question now is whether they can convince villagers in the mountains to continue their support despite the threat of massive Russian bombardments.

16.   The rebel UNITA movement boycotted peace talks in Lusaka Thursday to protest what it called a massive bombardment of its Huambo stronghold by government forces on Wednesday.

17.   Two green independence flags were raised over the ruin of the presidential palace, where Chechens held out for weeks under massive Russian bombardments.

18.   Tutsi rebels rained a massive bombardment on Hutu government positions in Kigali Sunday preventing the evacuation of wounded patients waiting to be transported out of the city.

19.   Large parts of Grozny have been left in ruins after massive Russian bombardments of the city since December to drive out its rebel Chechen defenders.

20.   Meanwhile the Vedeno region was quiet despite a Russian threat to stage massive bombardments unless Chechen fighters laid down their weapons.