1.   During that time the ski slopes may get pounded with snow, but the valley bottoms do not normally receive heavy accumulations.

2.   Along the cease-fire line that divides Kashmir between the two nuclear powers, artillery pounded the slopes of a strategic Himalayan peak and shells slammed into roadside camps.

3.   Gunfire pounded the slopes of a strategic Himalayan peak in the dispute over Kashmir on Friday as India prepared for a final assault on entrenched Islamic militants.

4.   Meanwhile, fighting continued, with artillery pounding the slopes of a strategic Himalayan peak.

5.   Royal army helicopters pounded forested slopes in western Nepal on Tuesday, advancing an attack on a suspected rebel training camp.

6.   Trying to get at the rebels, Macedonian forces pounded strategic slopes on the northern and western outskirts of Tetovo.