51.   ITAR-Tass reported intensive shelling of Makhkety and two nearby villages by Grad and Uragan rocket launchers, and said houses were on fire.

52.   Journalists trying to reach the village by boat on the muddy Atrato River were turned back at a military checkpoint just outside Quibdo.

53.   Refugees from that region spoke of a raid Monday on their village by black-clad government troops flown in by helicopter.

54.   Pulau Kukup has suffered from unplanned reclamation and development of the Kukup waterfront villages by fishermen.

55.   Road crews cleared routes into the area that have been blocked for more than a week, hoping to reach the first villages by Saturday morning.

56.   State Chief Minister J.B. Patnaik flew to the village by helicopter and immediately ordered a government inquiry.

57.   The assault was apparently in retaliation for the occupation of a disputed frontier village by Bangladeshi soldiers.

58.   The area has been wracked by bloody attacks on villages by Muslim militants battling self-defense groups organized by the government.

59.   The area has been wracked by bloody attacks on villages by Muslim militants.

60.   The Embassy official said the pair was blocked from leaving the village by people trying to inspect their luggage.