71.   Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah told reporters Friday that state and federal authorities were planning a major military offensive against Muslim militants blamed for the massacres.

72.   Classes were suspended from August to December in the last major offensive.

73.   Congolese government troops recently launched a major offensive, Soderberg noted, and rebels have also advanced beyond the cease-fire line.

74.   Daily skirmishes escalated last week into a major Israeli offensive meant to halt a recent wave of Hezbollah attacks on Israel.

75.   Earlier this year government forces launched a major offensive on Bougainville, but failed to flush out the rebels.

76.   Earlier Thursday, the Bosnian army launched attacks on Serbs around Sarajevo, raising fears of a major offensive.

77.   Early last year, the SPLA launched a major offensive and have captured most of the territory in southern Sudan in a region the size of France.

78.   Eastern Slavonia has a large border with Serb-led Yugoslavia and its still powerful army would be sure to intervene in case of a major Croatian offensive.

79.   Ethnic Albanian sources said Serb forces had launched a major offensive in central Kosovo.

80.   Ethnic Albanian sources said Serb forces had launched a major offensive in the central Kosovo area, the rebel heartland.