31.   In a statement, the State Department said the United States is particularly concerned by the mutilation of nine Russian border guards killed in fighting near the Afghan border.

32.   In Kinshasa there were varying accounts of fighting near the town of Kasangulu, just south of Kinshasa, but no reports of gains on either side.

33.   ITAR-Tass said the opposition troops fighting near Dushanbe had been on their way to assist fighters in Kofarnikhon.

34.   On Wednesday, humanitarian workers delivered aid to Kosovars displaced by fighting near the Macedonian border.

35.   Palestinian gunmen have frequently used the area around the church as a refuge, with the expectation that Israel would try to avoid fighting near the shrine.

36.   Serb sources reported four Serb policemen were injured in fighting near the mine Wednesday.

37.   Serb sources said two police officers were killed and two others injured in fighting near Prilep in southwestern Kosovo.

38.   Serb sources said two policemen were killed and two others injured in fighting near Prilep in southwestern Kosovo.

39.   Six communist rebels were killed and five others captured by government troops during fighting near the town of Sinoloan, the government said.

40.   Tajik Defense Minister Sherali Khairullayev issued a statement Saturday which confirmed fighting near the two villages but did not say whether the settlements were seized, Interfax reported.