21.   Russian jets, tanks and artillery pounded the village with hundreds of shells and rockets for hour after hour.

22.   Serb forces launch a strong attack, pounding villages in the heartland of ethnic Albanian resistance with heavy artillery and tank fire.

23.   The bombardment of Pervomayskaya seemed intent on destroying it completely as Russian jets, tanks and artillery mercilessly pounded the village.

24.   The bombs pounded Naka village, the news agency reported.

25.   The Russians pounded the village for hours, but heavy machine-gun fire in the late afternoon indicated the Chechens were still resisting.

26.   In Moscow, Interfax news agency said Russian artillery had pounded Chechen villages in western Chechnya overnight and Thursday morning.

27.   Israeli aircraft and artillery early Wednesday pounded villages near the southern Lebanese city of Tyre where pro-Iranian Hezbollah guerrillas are entrenched, Lebanese police said.

28.   Israeli aircraft and artillery early Wednesday pounded villages near the southern Lebanese city of Tyre where Shiite fundamentalist guerrillas are entrenched, Lebanese police said.

29.   Israeli aircraft and artillery pounded villages near the southern Lebanese city of Tyre where Hezbollah guerrillas are entrenched, Lebanese police said.

30.   Israeli artillery retaliated by pounding four villages facing the zone, police said.