1.   The large-scale operation to retake rebel positions in Chiapas was led by the attorney general in Chiapas State, Jorge Enrique Hernandez.

2.   Indian troops are retaking positions that had been occupied by Islamic insurgents and, almost certainly, Pakistani troops.

3.   It was not clear whether they intended to try to retake positions in the city center.

4.   Soldiers withdrew and fired rubber bullets and tear gas at the crowd from a nearby hill before retaking the position.

5.   Several early Indian attempts to retake positions with ground forces were repulsed, with the defenders having the advantage of high ground.

6.   The guerrillas instead counterattacked in an effort to retake positions which they had lost to Indian soldiers in the past week.

7.   The Israelis then retook the position, firing tear gas and rubber-coated steel pellets to disperse the Palestinians.

8.   After a few hours, the local residents offered no resistance when the border police retook their position.

9.   Chechen separatists Thursday claimed to have retaken positions from Russian troops in central Grozny as Russian shelling of the city continued but with less intensity than previous days.

10.   But the south said it had retaken the positions in a counter offensive.