41.   Federal forces pushed toward the center of Grozny from several directions, trying to squeeze rebel fighters into an ever-tightening circle, the military said.

42.   Forces also would push toward Kasai in southern Zaire, he said.

43.   Government forces have been pushing south in areas where lucrative oil fields have been discovered.

44.   Government forces push into rebel territory.

45.   Government forces pushed into a poor eastern district of Karachi Wednesday and killed at least eight people in a campaign against ethnic militants.

46.   In recent weeks, resurgent opposition forces have pushed Taliban army southward, coming within rocket range of Kabul.

47.   Indian forces have pushed the intruders back to within a kilometer of the cease-fire line, said military spokesman Col. Bikram Singh.

48.   Iraq defied U.N. sanctions then, and several months later, with U.N. backing, American-led forces pushed Iraq out of Kuwait.

49.   Meanwhile several international aid workers pulled out of the beleaguered capital as opposition forces pushed closer to Kabul.

50.   Meanwhile, in New Delhi, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee assured his Cabinet that Indian forces have pushed fighters back across the cease-fire line.