41.   Fighting in eastern Kinshasa tapered off to little more than sporadic machine-gun fire, although insurgent forces trying to oust President Laurent Kabila still held positions outside the city.

42.   Five Israeli tanks took up positions just outside the locked-up park.

43.   Government helicopter gunships attacked rebel positions outside the town Saturday after troops and rebels staged running battles Friday.

44.   Government soldiers attacked rebel positions outside the Afghan capital Wednesday in a fresh offensive near the southern limits of the city.

45.   He previously served as a junior health, Home Office and finance minister, lower-ranking government positions outside the Cabinet.

46.   Hutu rebels killed four government soldiers and wounded three in an attack on a military position just outside the residence of Tutsi President Pierre Buyoya, witnesses said Friday.

47.   However, Palestinian groups said militants fled the camp Saturday night after Israel tanks and other armored vehicles took up positions just outside.

48.   In June, Syria redeployed some of its troops to positions outside Beirut.

49.   In the afternoon, U.S. warplanes again hit Taliban positions outside Kunduz.

50.   In the town, monks took up positions outside the gated courtyards of those ethnic Albanian families that stayed in their homes.