41.   Many of the strikes Tuesday were on Taliban positions north of Kabul, where so-called northern alliance forces are preparing for a possible push to the Afghan capitol.

42.   Many of the strikes were on Taliban positions north of Kabul, where so-called northern alliance forces are preparing for a possible push to the Afghan capitol.

43.   NATO officials said however, it did not mean NATO ground forces were preparing an invasion into Kosovo.

44.   On Tuesday, Ethiopia ordered all schools and colleges in northern towns along the border with Eritrea closed Tuesday, citing reports that Eritrean forces were preparing an attack.

45.   Pentagon spokesman Col. Dick Bridges said U.S. forces are preparing to evacuate Americans if necessary.

46.   Somali militias clash outside the U.N.-controlled airport Sunday as offshore U.S. and Italian forces prepare to protect withdrawing U.N. peacekeepers.

47.   The rest of the city belonged to the guerrillas, and there was no sign the humiliated Russian forces were preparing to try and retake the Chechen capital.

48.   The Russian forces are apparently preparing to attack rebel positions to the south and southeast of the capital Grozny, which could explain the aid blockade.

49.   The two marches were to take separate paths, but security forces prepared for trouble.

50.   The U.S. Defense Department said Thursday it is not alarmed by military movements inside Iraq but U.S. forces are preparing for a potential response.