31.   Chechen leader Dzhokhar Dudayev acknowledged Wednesday that Russian troops had seized two major rebel strongholds, but pledged to continue fighting.

32.   Chechen leader Dzhokhar Dudayev acknowledged today that Russian troops had seized two major rebel strongholds, but pledged to continue fighting.

33.   Directly west of Banja Luka, the United Nations was allowed into Sanski Most for the first time since government and Croat troops seized it this week.

34.   Dissident National Guard troops had earlier seized key installations and airports to prevent Chavez from leaving Venezuela.

35.   Dissident National Guard troops had earlier seized the government television station, as well as key installations and airports to prevent Chavez from leaving Venezuela.

36.   Dissident National Guard troops seized the government television station as tanks rumbled on the streets.

37.   Dissident troops had earlier seized key installations and airports, as well as the government television station.

38.   During that clash, Russian troops also seized a small section of highway on which the Chechen checkpoint was located, the ITAR-Tass said.

39.   Elsewhere, Israeli troops seized four suspected militants in two incursions into Palestinian territory.

40.   Ethiopian troops seized a second town in Gedo region in one day as they moved in on a key town in southern Somalia, a faction leader said Tuesday.