41.   And Bosnian Serbs late Monday accused Croats of attacking their positions in southwest Bosnia.

42.   As Israeli made KaFir jets attacked rebel positions, Sri Lankan ground troops in adjoining areas of Mankulam killed nine rebels in two attacks.

43.   Army spokesman Blagoja Markovski said the militants attacked government positions on the slopes of Mount Sara, close to the Kosovo border in northern Macedonia.

44.   Buha, the Bosnian Serb foreign minister, said all prisoners would be released, but only if the United Nations promises that NATO will cease attacking Serb positions.

45.   But the PUK claimed that Iraqi troops and tanks were attacking its positions in Bestana.

46.   Colombian guerrillas are attacking Venezuelan positions in order to drag the two nations into a border war, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Burelli said Tuesday.

47.   Earlier Sunday, Hezbollah guerrillas attacked Israeli positions inside the zone for a second straight day, wounding one soldier, security sources reported.

48.   Ecuador said its positions were also attacked Saturday.

49.   Elsewhere in embattled Chechnya, Russian commanders said warplanes and artillery attacked rebel positions in the south.

50.   Eritrea charged that Ethiopian troops used tanks and heavy artillery to attack Eritrean positions in southern Ambesete Geleba early Wednesday.