31.   Shala said he and his family then fled to Mirosale, but that village was attacked over the weekend, he said.

32.   The Chechen defenders rest beneath the trees with antitank weapons, rocket launchers and Kalashnikovs, waiting for the Russians to attack the village.

33.   When Sudanese government forces attacked this village, killing its inhabitants was of little immediate concern.

34.   When the rebels attacked the village early Monday morning, Garland stayed in her tent, which was hidden by bushes, according to her father.

35.   Within weeks, however, displaced families from smaller hamlets whose own villages had been attacked moved in.

36.   Police said the robbers, led by a retired army major, attacked Bankhali village and fired wildly into the air to frighten the villagers into submission.

37.   Pro-government forces repelled an onslaught of rebel gunmen trying to attack a village near the Afghan capital Thursday, a government spokesman said.

38.   Police said eight people were killed when unidentified gunmen attacked Alinjugur village, which is inhabited by Awlihan, a sub-clan of ethnic Somalis.

39.   A few who returned Wednesday morning said police routinely attack the village and force them to flee.

40.   A few who returned Wednesday said police routinely attack the village and force them to flee.