31.   Grozny is the only major town in Chechnya still held by the rebels after a three-month Russian ground offensive backed by intense air and artillery strikes.

32.   Half the people responding to the poll published in The Herald newspaper of Glasgow supported the military campaign if it included a ground offensive.

33.   In addition to the seven Americans killed Monday, one was killed Saturday on the opening day of the ground offensive.

34.   In Chechnya, Russian forces pressed ahead with a ground offensive against a rebel stronghold in the southern mountains, but bad weather kept combat aircraft on the ground.

35.   In May, India launched a major air and ground offensive to dislodge hundreds of Pakistan-backed fighters who occupied mountain peaks in Indian-controlled Kashmir.

36.   In past two days, Brig. Rashid Quereshi said eight Pakistani soldiers were killed repulsing two separate ground offensives by Indian troops in the northern regions of Kashmir.

37.   Indian air and ground offensives intensified against guerrillas in the Himalayan region of Kashmir Friday, with little hope here that diplomatic efforts by Pakistan would defuse the hostilities.

38.   India launched a heavy air and ground offensive in May to flush the intruders from its territory.

39.   Indian air and ground offensives intensified against guerrillas in the Himalayan region of Kashmir Friday.

40.   Lezdinsh and Chechen fighters said the barrage was likely a preparation for another ground offensive on the city, Interfax reported.