21.   The embattled Bihac region of Bosnia faces a critical hunger problems, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday.

22.   The Red Cross hopes to carry the first relief supplies into the capital of the embattled Chechnya region of Russia on Sunday if there is a lull in fighting.

23.   In ground battles, at least six Tamil Tiger rebels and three soldiers were killed in sporadic fighting in the embattled northern region, the defence ministry here said.

24.   In the meantime, the government was moving to ease difficulties faced by Tamil civilians in embattled regions, he said.

25.   A human rights group in Sri Lanka Saturday renewed charges against warring Tamil Tiger guerrillas and government forces of bringing death and destruction to civilians in embattled regions.

26.   Also Tuesday, a military spokesman said security forces shot dead a LTTE militant in the embattled Mullaitivu region.

27.   The Tamil Tiger guerrillas killed six soldiers during a gunbattle in northeastern Sri Lanka Thursday shortly after killing five constables elsewhere in the embattled region, defence sources said.

28.   Most international emergency aid workers have been evacuated from the embattled region, leaving the refugees without food, water and shelter.

29.   Pakistan denies the charge and is pressing for dialogue and a self-determination plebiscite for the embattled Himalayan region.

30.   Prabhakaran stressed that any reconstruction work in the embattled regions should be done with the concurrence of the LTTE.