71.   Israeli defense forces appear to be trampling on international laws in their military campaign against Palestinian forces, a top EU official said Thursday.

72.   Iraqi forces appeared to be advancing across the region behind the front-line KDP fighters but were not playing a major role in the fighting, according to most accounts.

73.   Iraqi forces appeared to be advancing behind the front-line KDP fighters, but the Iraqis were not playing a major role in the fighting, according to most accounts.

74.   NATO forces appeared unprepared to deal with the flood of desperate people.

75.   Nearly half a million people are displaced in northwestern Rwanda, where the government forces appeared to have stepped up attacks against Hutu rebels, aid workers said Tuesday.

76.   Rebel forces appeared to have recaptured the railway station in a machine-gun battle.

77.   Russian forces appear reluctant to launch a major ground attack that would risk a large number of casualties.

78.   Russian forces appear to be trying to close in on the rebels from the west and east and corner them in the southern mountains.

79.   Russian forces appeared to be gaining ground Tuesday, the fourth day of fighting with rebels who seized several villages Saturday in the Caucasus Mountains region of Dagestan.

80.   Russian forces appeared to be making headway Tuesday, the fourth day of clashes with rebels who seized several villages in the Caucasus Mountains region of Dagestan.