1.   The Russian army this year waged a brutal war against Chechen separatists that ended in stalemate.

2.   The Serbs say they do not allow the convoys through because the Muslim-led Bosnian army is waging war from towns like Gorazde and Sarajevo.

3.   Pakistan offered a truce Saturday to Indian soldiers along the disputed Kashmir border where the two armies routinely wage bitter cross-border gunfights.

4.   Fighter jets on Saturday roared from Kabul toward northern Afghanistan, where the Taliban religious army waged a ferocious battle against their opponents.

5.   Heavy snows had subdued fighting last week on two fronts where the Muslim-led government army had been waging offensives.

6.   Heavy snows throughout last week had subdued the fighting on two fronts where the Muslim-led government army had been waging offensives.

7.   In western Badghis province, the Taliban army was waging a ferocious battle against soldiers commanded by northern warlord Rashid Dostum.

8.   Prime Minister Tansu Ciller on Thursday renewed her coalition agreement, a stabilizing measure while the army wages a major offensive against guerrillas in northern Iraq.

9.   The Burmese army has waged several military campaigns against the ethnic groups to seize control of the border and its timber and gem trading and drug smuggling.

10.   The Taliban religious army was waging a ferocious fight to retain control of a strategic provincial capital in eastern Afghanistan, opposition officials said Sunday.