61.   Police took position outside the gymnasium late Friday.

62.   Said spoke to The Associated Press by satellite telephone from a position outside of Mazar-e-Sharif.

63.   Russian Interior Ministry troops set up checkpoints on the main road out of Grozny to prevent Chechen fighters from fleeing and setting up positions outside the capital.

64.   Soldiers armed with Kalashnikov assault rifles and backed by armored vehicles took up strategic positions outside Moscow today to protect the capital against possible terrorist attacks by Chechens.

65.   Soldiers took up positions outside the main public buildings and gas stations.

66.   Some three hundred riot police armed with batons took positions outside the ministry.

67.   The anti-Saddam Patriotic Union of Kurdistan said in a statement Monday night that its positions outside the northeastern city of Sulaymaniyah had come under shelling.

68.   The military said the withdrawal from Jenin was completed overnight, and Israeli forces took up positions just outside, preventing Palestinians from entering or leaving.

69.   The military command said the shelling came after rebel guerrillas fired automatic weapons and grenade launchers on Russian positions outside Novogroznensky, wounding one serviceman.

70.   The military command said Russian forces shelled the village Monday after rebels fired automatic weapons and grenade launchers on Russian positions outside the village, wounding one serviceman.