81.   But PUK leader Jalal Talabani said only that the surrounding area was being shelled.

82.   But the military denied shelling civilian areas and said troops were consolidating their positions in the thinly-populated nine villages they captured during a three-day advance.

83.   Civilians who fled the embattled town, said Russian troops had shelled the area massively including residential districts.

84.   Covering developments as India continues to shell border areas of eastern Pakistan and Kashmir.

85.   Croatia has also accused the Krajina Serbs of shelling areas of western Croatia near Krajina.

86.   Earlier Tuesday the Israeli army shelled several areas of south Lebanon while warplanes carried out mock raids low over Hezbollah strongholds, police said.

87.   Earlier Wednesday, Udugov said Russian artillery was also shelling the areas of Elistanzhi, Kharachoi, Khaji Yurt and Dyshnye Vedeno, all in Vedeno district.

88.   The rebels have also accused the navy of not observing the truce by shelling coastal areas in the rebel-controlled north and killing four Tamil fishermen.

89.   The statement, faxed here, also accused the government troops of heavily shelling residential areas at Velvettithurai, the birthplace in Jaffna of Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran.

90.   The soldiers were only slightly hurt and Israeli forces retaliated by shelling the area from where the mortars were fired, an Israeli army spokesman said.