21.   Tajik government forces bombed Islamic rebel positions Tuesday in a renewed effort to oust the guerrillas from the Tavildara region east of the capital Dushanbe.

22.   The Croatian army began pulling back from northern Bosnia after Bosnian Serb forces bombed them Wednesday, halting their advance.

23.   The Croatian army began pulling back from northern Bosnia after Serb forces bombed them Wednesday, halting their advance.

24.   The protests also have hit Sudan, where U.S. forces in August bombed a pharmaceuticals plant Washington accused of making components for chemical weapons.

25.   The Navy says it needs the range because it is the only Atlantic training ground where U.S. military forces can simultaneously bomb, shell and stage amphibious landings.

26.   The protests also have hit Sudan, where U.S. forces in August bombed a pharmaceuticals plant Washington alleged was making components for chemical weapons.

27.   U.S. forces have bombed some sites in Afghanistan that could have been involved in producing chemical, biological or radiological weapons, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Sunday.

28.   U.S. forces have been bombing underground hideouts in recent weeks to prevent them from regrouping.

29.   Yandarbiev, quoted by the Interfax news agency, also said Russian forces bombed and shelled several outlying villages, causing civilian casualties.

30.   He denied however that the Russian forces had also bombed areas around the capital Grozny.