1.   Mujaheddin forces intensified their campaign to capture Gardez with infantry attacks in late September assisted by captured Iraqi tanks sent by Saudi Arabia.

2.   It also set a benchmark to follow as the debate over ground forces intensifies.

3.   After suffering near daily casualties in small scale rebel attacks, Russian forces have intensified their activity in the republic in recent weeks.

4.   Amid fears of further bombings, government security forces intensified surveillance to prevent further violence, security sources reported.

5.   Amid fears of further bombings, government security forces were intensifying surveillance to prevent a recurrence, security sources said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

6.   Amid fears of further bombings, security forces intensified surveillance to prevent further violence, security sources reported.

7.   Also Thursday, Pakistani forces intensified their hunt for al-Qaida fighters who escaped a gunbattle with Pakistani troops near the Afghan border early Wednesday.

8.   Amid fears of further bombings, security forces intensified surveillance to prevent more violence, security sources reported.

9.   Bosnian radio said that Serb and renegade Muslim forces intensified the shelling of urban areas in the pocket, which juts into neighboring Croatia.

10.   Bosnian radio said Serb and renegade Bosnian Muslim forces intensified the shelling of urban areas in the pocket.