41.   The Taliban religious army has seized control of two-thirds of Afghanistan.

42.   The townspeople fled with the guerrilla when the army seized the town, apparently fearing reprisals from either the conquering soldiers or threats from the guerrillas.

43.   The workers were stranded when the Soviet army seized Sakhalin at the end of the war and separated ethnic Koreans from Japanese.

44.   Yoni Ben-Menachem, who covers Arab affairs for Israel radio, said the army had seized his phone records.

45.   If the Vavuniya-Jaffna highway is seized by the army, it would greatly ease pressure on the air force and navy.

46.   Burundi, where the Tutsi-dominated army seized power last July, also accused Zaire of allowing guerrillas to establish rear bases.

47.   The rebels were said to have retaken some land on the route between Kisangani and Bukavu that the Zairean army seized last week with the help of foreign mercenaries.

48.   The refugees in Zaire are mainly Hutus that fled when a Tutsi-led rebel army seized power in Kigali.

49.   They were also reported to have retaken some land on the route between Kisangani and Bukavu that the Zairean army seized last week with the help of white mercenaries.

50.   United Nations officials on Tuesday said the Turkish army had seized Kurdish prisoners around the town of Zakho and taken them back to Turkey.