21.   The army recaptured the towns and rebels retreated to the mountains.

22.   The army has not recaptured any town since the rebel offensive began three weeks ago, he said, saying that the fighting is mostly skirmishes.

23.   The group said its fighters recaptured several towns including Panjwin, Mawat and Chuwartah, wresting control from the rival Kurdistan Democratic Party of Massoud Barzani.

24.   The northwestern town was recaptured last week in a joint Croat-Muslim offensive against the Serbs.

25.   The rebels launched an attack to recapture the town.

26.   The PUK started a counteroffensive last weekend against the rival Kurdistan Democratic Party, recapturing many towns it had lost in the past seven weeks.

27.   Tudjman rode a flag-draped train far down the length of Croatia on a foggy Saturday, through towns recently recaptured by his army from rebel Serbs.

28.   Zaire denied reports that rebels had seized the strategic southeastern town of Kamina and insisted Tuesday that its soldiers had recaptured another town after a three-day battle.

29.   Government soldiers recaptured the town in November last year, shortly before a new peace protocol and political settlement was signed in the Zambian capital Lusaka.

30.   He asked the chief of staff of Bosnian Serb forces, Manojlo Milovanovic, to lead the operation to recapture the towns of Bosansko Grahovo and Glamoc.