31.   U.N. officials said Ethiopian forces appeared to have advanced about six miles beyond Badme, a barren, rock-strewn area of little economic value.

32.   While Bush claimed that the raids Friday against Iraqi air defenses served as a warning on Saddam, Iraqi forces appear undaunted.

33.   Rebel forces appeared to be holding the Presidential Palace, but fighters said it was increasingly difficult to get supplies and reinforcements through to the heavily-damaged building.

34.   A notorious Serb paramilitary force appeared to defend the Serb-held city of Banja Luka, signaling that any more territorial gains could be met by Serb force.

35.   Although the rebel forces appeared to be holding the Presidential Palace, Chechen fighters said it was increasingly difficult to bring supplies and reinforcements to the building.

36.   At first, Israeli and Palestinian security forces appeared to be cooperating in trying to reduce friction around the Jerusalem shrine.

37.   But his security forces appeared to be disintegrating, with protesters seizing police precincts without a fight.

38.   But he said the northern alliance forces appeared to be making progress.

39.   But Russian forces appeared bogged down in the city center, unable to drive out the rebels.

40.   But the reconstituted Hutu military forces in exile appear as unlikely to surrender war crimes suspects as Serbia and the Bosnian Serbs.