1.   Attacks on villages suspected of harboring KLA fighters left scores of ethnic Albanians dead.

2.   Russia, which has criticized Turkey for harboring Chechen fighters, condemned the hostage-taking.

3.   The Gashis insisted that they were too poor to harbor guerrilla fighters or provide them with food.

4.   Fighting was reported Tuesday around the village of Bamut in western Chechnya, where the Russians are targeting villages they believe are harboring Chechen fighters.

5.   He relayed Russian promises that Urus-Martan would be spared from bombings as long as it harbored no fighters loyal to Chechen President Dzhokhar Dudayev.

6.   He relayed Russian promises that Urus-Martan would be spared from bombings so long as it harbored no fighters loyal to Chechen rebel leader Dzhokhar Dudayev.

7.   It and other villages that the Russians say harbor rebel fighters have come under renewed attack in recent weeks.

8.   Military officials say the towns harbor separatist fighters.

9.   Russian servicemen say the villages are harboring Chechen fighters, and the military command on Thursday listed Samashky among other settlements where the rebels are now concentrating.

10.   Russian servicemen say the villages harbor fighters.