41.   The Russians have been bombing the area for two weeks, trying to dislodge the militants from their refuges on the slopes of the gorges.

42.   The United States is bombing areas in the south and in the east, especially around Jalalabad, where bin Laden is known to have hide-outs.

43.   This week, the Taliban officials refused a U.N. request to stop bombing the area.

44.   U.S. jets bombed an area near the eastern city of Jalalabad, where bin Laden maintained a number of camps.

45.   Zeman pleaded with the United States to stop bombing civilian areas.

46.   He denied however that the Russian forces had also bombed areas around the capital Grozny.

47.   He said Russian warplanes had bombed the areas of Itum Kale and Borzoi -- two villages just south of Shatoi in the mountains.

48.   Hezbollah radio also broadcast warnings in both English and Hebrew for residents in northern Israel to leave as it planned to continue bombing the area with rockets.

49.   In retaliation, heavy artillery inside the zone bombed areas to the north, police said, without reporting further casualties.

50.   Afghan radio, monitored in Islamabad, said Monday evening that Russian planes had bombed an area of the northeastern Afghan province of Takhar which borders southeastern Tajikistan.