21.   Rebel forces swept through nearly deserted streets in pickup trucks, tanks and battered cars, all flying the white Taliban flag.

22.   Serb and Yugoslav forces swept Kosovo Albanian guerrillas from one of their last remaining strongholds on Saturday.

23.   Security forces had swept the area for the past month and a half, searching for arms caches of the violent Armed Islamic Group.

24.   Serb and Yugoslav forces swept Kosovo guerrillas from one of their last strongholds Saturday, and the ethnic Albanian rebels issued a public plea for recruits.

25.   Some were detained in clashes with security forces, while many others were picked up when security forces swept through villages and neighborhoods, it said.

26.   Soviet tank forces sweep around Poznan and Thorn in Poland, isolating the German defenders while heading for the Vistula River.

27.   Thai security forces on Wednesday swept through four camps for ethnic Karen refugees from Burma to ferret out hidden weapons.

28.   The Bihac refugees were mainly supporters of rebel Muslim leader Fikret Abdic who fled from Bihac as Bosnian government and Croat forces swept through the region last August.

29.   The proclamation followed word that Croatian forces had swept into the Serb-held town of Grahovo.

30.   The security forces have been sweeping through the area to arrest would-be secessionists.