81.   Zapatista rebels say government troops have advanced menacingly on rebel positions as peace talks to resolve the three-year-old Indian uprising remain at a standstill.

82.   He nevertheless acknowledged that northern troops had advanced on the facility.

83.   A Russian military commander cited by Interfax earlier said federal troops were advancing on the city centre buildings with interior and defence ministry units.

84.   A senior police officer denied, however, that troops were advancing.

85.   Afghan government troops have advanced to the outskirts of the eastern provincial capital Jalalabad to secure the city against Taliban capture, an official spokesman said Wednesday.

86.   AFP correspondants on the scene reported that the Russian troops had advanced Tuesday into the southeast part of the city and were shelling a bridge in that area.

87.   Diplomats said the war could inflict heavy losses if northern troops advance on Aden, the economic capital of the unified state.

88.   The source said the use of guided missiles provided better support for Russian ground troops advancing on the city.

89.   The troops were advancing towards the village of Asinovskaya, in west Chechnya, where a group of Russian soldiers were surrounded, the spokesman was quoted as saying.

90.   UN observers monitoring the demilitarized zone between Iraq and Kuwait on Monday said they were unable to detect how close Iraqi troops had advanced to the border.