1.   A few days later, Baghdad announced the liberation of three strategic heights by the First Army Corps.

2.   Israel has rejected a complete withdrawal, insisting that it must retain a foothold in the strategic heights.

3.   Later, in a speech at the National Press Club, Peres said Israelis were worried about what affect returning the militarily strategic heights would have on the country.

4.   Peres has suggested he would be willing to withdraw from the strategic heights.

5.   A senior government military officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, said government forces had made substantial gains south of the city, seizing several strategic heights.

6.   At least two dozen bodies of the fighters were found on the strategic height after the strikes Thursday, military officials said.

7.   Azerbaijan said the Armenians captured a strategic height and were preparing to attack and cut off towns in the region, according to Turan.

8.   Bosnian government troops appeared to have won control of strategic heights south and east of Serb-held Donji Vakuf, said U.N. spokesman Lt. Col. Chris Vernon.

9.   But Benjamin Netanyahu, who defeated Peres in May elections, has said he opposes withdrawing from the strategic heights.

10.   Clashes there and battles for other strategic heights in central Bosnia have alarmed U.N. officials, who appealed to both sides to stop before a tattered truce collapses completely.