41.   Tajik government forces set off Thursday to try to halt recent advances made by opposition Islamic forces in the Tavildara region of this Central Asian nation.

42.   Sri Lankan troops halted their advance on the Tamil rebel stronghold of northern Jaffna City on Thursday to regroup before a final assault, military officials said.

43.   Tajik government troops have halted an advance by opposition Islamic forces in the Tavildara region of this former Soviet republic in Central Asia, news agencies reported Friday.

44.   The arrival of government troops seemed to have halted rebel advances, but the government forces were not moving forward.

45.   The Croatian army began pulling back from northern Bosnia after Bosnian Serb forces bombed them Wednesday, halting their advance.

46.   The Croatian army began pulling back from northern Bosnia after Serb forces bombed them Wednesday, halting their advance.

47.   The government sent in reinforcements Tuesday after a fierce Tamil rebel counter-attack over the weekend halted its advance up a strategic northern highway.

48.   The military halted the advance eight days ago to consolidate its hold on areas captured from rebels and to clear mines on the way to Jaffna.

49.   The military halted the advance eight days ago to consolidate their hold on the areas captured from rebels and clear mine fields on the route to Jaffna.

50.   The KDP said Tuesday night it had set up its defensive lines at Irbil, and the PUK forces halted their advance just outside the city.