41.   New President Megawati Sukarnoputri visited troubled Aceh province Saturday and apologized for mistakes by previous governments during a longrunning separatist war that has left thousands dead.

42.   New President Megawati Sukarnoputri visited troubled Aceh province Saturday and said sorry for mistakes by previous governments during a longrunning separatist war that has left thousands dead.

43.   Numerous violations of the cease-fire have been reported recently, with battles leaving scores dead, said Gen. Mountaga Diallo of Senegal, the U.N. force commander.

44.   Russian troops tried but failed to free the hostages in two attacks on the hospital Saturday that left dozens dead and injured.

45.   Rioting in Indonesia sparked by the hiking of fuel prices has left dozens dead and put parts of that country on the brink of anarchy.

46.   Russia backed Maskhadov over Basayev, whom Moscow views as a terrorist for the Budyonnovsk raid, which lasted several days and left dozens dead.

47.   Russian troops tried but failed to free the hostages in attacks on the hospital Saturday that left dozens dead and injured.

48.   Subsequent ethnic and political violence left hundreds dead.

49.   Soldiers across the frontier exchanged gun and mortar fire, leaving hundreds dead or injured.

50.   Ten cows also were left dead.