71.   Tajik government forces pushed ahead Thursday with a week-old raid against the warlord involved in a recent hostage-taking in the former Soviet republic.

72.   Taliban forces push tribal fighters back from the airport near the militia bastion Kandahar.

73.   The Eritrean turnaround came after Ethiopian forces reportedly pushed through the front line at Badme and forced Eritrean troops to retreat.

74.   The NATO-led peace force is pushing local military forces to boost their demining activities, NATO spokesman Maj. Tony White said.

75.   The Shiite Muslim party said opposition forces had pushed the Taliban out of a Shahristan district in Urzgan province, which neighbors Bamiyan.

76.   Thousands of scared refugees timidly emerged from jungle hideouts Monday after government-allied forces pushed rebels out of a stretch of central Sierra Leone.

77.   Using heavy artillery fire and airstrikes, Russian forces also are pushing to the south and east of the capital, into areas still controlled by the rebels.

78.   U.S. forces push closer to Houffalize during the Ardennes fighting in Belgium.

79.   Yugoslav security forces pushed ethnic Albanian rebels out of a contested southern village in house-to-house fighting Tuesday, sending civilians fleeing or cowering in basements.

80.   Ghenda said the triumphant rebel force had already pushed beyond Kisangani, the strategic eastern city they seized Saturday.