21.   Fighting raged early this week on the outskirts of Tetovo, and four area villages were captured by ethnic Albanian rebels.

22.   Iraqi-backed Kurdish guerrillas pressed their counterattack Saturday, capturing this village and driving Iranian-sponsored rivals farther eastward for a second day.

23.   On Friday, U.S. Ambassador Michael Einik was mobbed by villagers venting their frustration over being expelled from their homes after rebels captured six villages earlier in the week.

24.   Repeated Russian attempts to capture the village failed in the face of bitter Chechen resistance.

25.   Reports conflicted earlier on whether the hardliners had captured the village.

26.   Reports were conflicting on whether the hardliners had captured the village.

27.   Silajdzic accused Serbs of using tanks in an assault that captured several villages near Bihac.

28.   The Bosnian Croat militia, allied with the Muslim government forces, said Friday they had captured three villages in the area.

29.   The Bosnian army claimed to have captured seven villages in recent fighting near Bihac in the northwest part of the country.

30.   The Croats said Friday they had captured three villages.