11.   Russian aircraft and artillery pounded Chechen positions in three settlements north of Grozny, killing six people, Chechen officials said.

12.   US jets pounded Taliban positions outside the Afghan capital of Kabul and the nearby strategic northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif.

13.   U.S. and allied warplanes pounded Serb positions through the night and were under orders to continue their strikes into Friday.

14.   Opposition soldiers launched their latest offensive late Tuesday, pounding Taliban positions throughout the night, according to an opposition spokesman who gave his name only as Abdullah.

15.   Air attacks also pounded Taliban positions north of Kabul and near the strategic northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif.

16.   Air attacks also pounded Taliban positions near the strategic northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif.

17.   As international forces pounded Serb positions in Bosnia on Wednesday, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke won support for his peace plan from Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic.

18.   As Solana entered meetings, Macedonian helicopter gunships and artillery pounded rebel positions in three villages in northern Macedonia, setting houses on fire.

19.   As rebels fired from forested hills on Russian tanks below, six Russian helicopter gunships pounded their positions.

20.   As the smoke rose from airstrikes, the Taliban have responded by pounding alliance positions with rockets, mortars and artillery.