31.   Elsewhere in Kosovo, Serb gunners pounded Albanian positions along the Yugoslav-Albanian border with rockets and artillery.

32.   Elsewhere, peacekeepers deployed to more positions along the border.

33.   Ethiopia accused Eritrea on Thursday of shelling two Ethiopian positions along the frontier this week.

34.   Ethiopia said Saturday it was consolidating its positions along its disputed border with Eritrea, taking advantage of diminished fighting a day after penetrating Eritrean lines.

35.   Ethiopia said Saturday it was consolidating its positions along its disputed border with Eritrea, taking advantage of a lull in the fighting a day after penetrating Eritrean lines.

36.   Elsehwere in Kosovo, Serb gunners pounded Albanian positions along the Yugoslav-Albanian border with rockets and artillery.

37.   For the Taliban, the loss of Mazar-e-Sharif threatens virtually all their positions along the northern rim of the country.

38.   Government forces, meanwhile, are attacking rebel positions along the Kosovo border with mortars, tanks and helicopter gunships.

39.   Hoisting grenade launchers onto their shoulders, they took up positions along the column of buses.

40.   In an offensive that began Sunday, rebel fighters from the religious Taliban militia were pushed back from their mountain-top positions along the Rishkor hills.