41.   Russian officials said the fighting began when Chechen fighters attacked three Russian border guard posts in the Dagestan region with mortar fire and machine gun fire.

42.   Several young men hurled stones at the soldier, protected in a guard post.

43.   South Korea ordered its military to a heightened state of readiness on the islands within the disputed zone, moving more soldiers and weapons into guard posts.

44.   Still, thousands turned out in Jenin, carrying the coffins of the five men killed Friday when an Israeli tank fired on a police guard post.

45.   Taliban fighters are stationed across from guard posts at two key crossing points, Gen. Sergei Zhilkin, chief of the border guards in Tajikistan, said Thursday.

46.   The army denied the claim, saying assailants fired shots, not a missile at a guard post at the headquarters, causing some damage.

47.   The army said Deis stabbed and lightly hurt the soldier and was shot dead by other troops at the guard post.

48.   The blast caused substantial damage to the consulate, destroying the guard post, and the nearby Marriott Hotel.

49.   The guerrilla fighters also shot at four army guard posts before being beaten back into hiding places in the city, the report said.

50.   The fighting abated Friday night, with only sporadic attacks on border guard posts, the Interfax news agency said Saturday.