71.   Police in eastern Sri Lanka, meanwhile, clamped a curfew on several villages after clashes between Tamil and Muslim minorities left six people dead, officials said.

72.   Russian troops leveled that Dagestani village after Chechen rebels who had taken hostages holed up there.

73.   Relief teams on donkeys were bringing aid to damaged mountainside villages after truck convoys failed to cross snow-covered passes.

74.   Rebel spokesman Amni Achmad Marzuki said the troops had returned to the village after a gunfight with guerrillas on Friday.

75.   Reporters visiting the villages after the raids found homes and stores looted and belongings smashed.

76.   Several spoke of seeing numerous bodies in the streets of one village after Serb forces were seen rounding up males among those fleeing their homes.

77.   Russian soldiers have pounded village after village in a futile attempt to wipe out rebel bases and bring the region under their control.

78.   Serb police said the Kosovo Liberation Army retreated from the village after exchanging gunfire for about an hour with police.

79.   Seremban Member of Parliament Datuk Hon Choon Kim and Temiang State Assemblyman Lee Yuen Fong went to the village after being informed by the residents.

80.   The army cordoned off the village immediately after the blast, fearing more land mines may go off.