41.   Federal troops also seized a rebel ammunition depot, the reports by the ITAR-Tass and Interfax news agencies said.

42.   Federal troops also seized a rebel ammunition depot, said the reports, cited by Interfax and the ITAR-Tass news agency.

43.   Federal troops regularly seize Chechens as suspected rebels, and some of the detainees have been later found dead.

44.   Former military chief Ahmed Shah Massood told The Associated Press that his troops had seized Baghram air base and Charikar, both north of Kabul.

45.   Germany returned to Russia seven valuable czarist-era paintings that Nazi troops had seized from museums during World War II, Russian Culture Minister Mikhail Shvydkoi said Tuesday.

46.   He denied Taliban claims that the Islamic militia had retaken Takhta Pull, an area on the road that tribal troops seized last weekend.

47.   His troops seized the city last week, then advanced toward Dushanbe two days ago.

48.   Helped by intense U.S. bombing of Taliban positions, opposition troops have seized virtually all of northern Afghanistan from retreating soldiers of the Islamic militia.

49.   In a substantial military breakthrough, government troops seized control of a communications tower on Mount Vlasic, near Travnik, army sources said Friday.

50.   In another development, Israeli troops seized four suspected militants in two incursions into Palestinian territory, according to the army and Palestinian security sources.