1.   American warplanes bombed the Afghan capital at sunrise Saturday, pounding the hills outside the city and the area of the airport.

2.   Artillery pounded the hills every few minutes early Friday, interspersed with the groaning whoosh of GRAD rockets that carpeted the mountains in bursts of orange flame.

3.   At midday Thursday, opposition forces pounded the hills around the capital with rocket fire.

4.   At midday, opposition rockets pounded the hills around the capital.

5.   Earlier Monday, Serb security forces backed by tanks and artillery pounded the hills surrounding Racak, ignoring NATO demands for an end to the onslaught.

6.   Ignoring NATO threats, Serb forces backed by tanks and artillery on Monday pounded the hills near an ethnic Albanian village in Kosovo where dozens were massacred.

7.   Ignoring NATO threats, Serb forces backed by tanks and artillery Monday pounded the hills near an ethnic Albanian village where dozens were massacred.

8.   Ignoring NATO threats, Serb security forces backed by tanks and artillery Monday pounded the hills near an ethnic Albanian village where dozens were massacred.

9.   Opposition forces pounded the hills around the capital Thursday, reaching rocket range for the first time since the Taliban religious army swept into the city in September.

10.   Rescue efforts were stopped Thursday when heavy rains pounded the hills around the village, stoking fears another landslide could be triggered, Djoko said.