1.   The Islamic militants have seized six villages in western Dagestan, including Novolakskoye.

2.   A leader of the Muslim fundamentalist movement banned in Algeria on Sunday condemned an airport standoff in Algiers where Muslim militants seized a French airliner full of passengers.

3.   Bracing for more clashes, Russian security forces and Islamic rebels amassed troops and weaponry Monday in a rugged Caucasus Mountain region where the militants seized several villages.

4.   But ethnic Albanian militants seized much of the zone in November, killing several Serb policemen and soldiers.

5.   But ethnic Albanian militants seized much of the zone in November, killing seven policemen.

6.   El Watan reported that the militants seized weapons from the soldiers, but two of the attackers were killed in the gunbattle before the group fled.

7.   Ethnic Albanian militants seized much of the zone in November, killing seven policemen and hiking up tensions in the region.

8.   He said militants seized control of the union office Friday in a scuffle.

9.   He said the four were camping out near a rock face when they were shot at and seized by militants.

10.   If the militants seized that highway, they would control access to and from a large swath of the country.