71.   The United States wants North Korea to scale back on its programs to develop and export missiles and to reduce its massive conventional forces near the South Korean border.

72.   The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said the aid trucks were stopped by Bosnian government forces near Tacin who warned that conditions were too dangerous for them to continue.

73.   They did not say how it was clear the fire came from Israeli forces near Rafah, a city that is split by the Gaza-Egypt border.

74.   Tribal forces near Kandahar said they had captured dozens of Taliban fighters who surrendered despite orders by their leaders to fight to the death.

75.   U.N. military observers reported a one-hour firefight Sunday between Bosnian Serb and government forces near the Grbivica sports stadium in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo.

76.   He added three Russian troops had been killed Tuesday during a wide-ranging operation against Tajik Islamic opposition forces near the Afghan border.

77.   In a separate incident, a suspected Islamic militant was killed by security forces near the central post office in downtown Algiers early Thursday.

78.   In central Bosnia, the seventh Bosnian army corps launched a ground offensive against Bosnian Serb forces near Turbe, west of Travnik, Chaperon said.

79.   In the southern Gaza Strip meanwhile six Palestinians were wounded in a fierce shootout with Israeli forces near Rafah refugee camp, Palestinian security and medical sources said.

80.   In the southern Gaza Strip, six Palestinians were wounded in a fierce shootout with Israeli forces near Rafah refugee camp, the sources said.