31.   And the U.N. rapid reaction force continued to aim its heavy artillery at Bosnian Serb positions around Sarajevo.

32.   Armed with machine guns and machetes, they took positions around the densely populated clusters of mud huts.

33.   Anwar reported airstrikes Friday on positions around the Kandahar airport.

34.   Another tribal leader, Mohammed Anwar, reported airstrikes from the U.S.-led coalition Friday on positions around the Kandahar airport.

35.   Arriving refugees said the Taliban had moved tanks into position around Kandahar and stepped up patrols by its fighters.

36.   At Nis, hundreds of helmeted riot police toting submachine guns took up positions around the prison while hundreds of jeering inmates climbed to rooftops inside the compound.

37.   Azerbaijan on Sunday accused Armenia of shelling Azerbaijani positions around the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh and along the northern part of the border.

38.   Bell said that because of the attacks, troops would maintain their positions around the rebel enclave.

39.   Boskovski said that some of the forces might be withdrawn from their positions around the capital, Skopje, as a sign of good will.

40.   Both Serb and government forces were reported Tuesday reinforcing positions around Sarajevo in the wake of weekend sniping that killed two Serbs.