31.   Others shelled rebel positions, while planes dropped bombs.

32.   Planes attacked rebel positions beyond the town of Omantai, which the troops had captured Wednesday, a day after the offensive was launched.

33.   Peacekeepers fire their biggest gun at rebel Serb positions for the second day Monday in hopes of halting attacks on U.N. convoys using the only land route into Sarajevo.

34.   Prime Minister-designate Francisco Fadul claimed that a French warship anchored off the coast was bombarding rebel positions.

35.   Plumes of smoke rose over the Chechen town of Sernovodsk on Tuesday as Russian troops backed by helicopter gunships attacked rebel positions in the former resort.

36.   Planes attacked rebel positions beyond the town of Omantai, which the troops had captured Wednesday.

37.   A helicopter gunship fired at rebel positions north of the city.

38.   A Luna rocket apparently fired from rebel Serb positions hit a Zagreb suburb Friday, the defense ministry said.

39.   A helicopter gunship bombed rebel positions near Tingi-Tingi on Saturday, but there were no casualties, Kabila said.

40.   A separatist spokesman told the news agency that Russian aircraft and artillery have been shelling rebel positions in villages in the southern, eastern and southwestern regions of Chechnya.