1.   Guerrilla fighters seized the hospital yesterday, taking patients and staff hostage, although several dozen were later released.

2.   A truck in Pul-e-Khumri that anti-Taliban fighters seized from the Taliban.

3.   Pakistan and India have fought two wars over Kashmir and clashed again last summer when Pakistan-based fighters seized mountain peaks inside India.

4.   Pakistani fighters seized a large swathe of the border, including the areas of Dras, Kargil and the cold plateau of Ladhakh, to the northeast.

5.   Anti-Taliban fighters Monday seized the most important city in western Afghanistan and were closing in on the last Taliban stronghold in the north, opposition spokesmen said.

6.   Anti-Taliban fighters seized the most important city in western Afghanistan on Monday and advanced to the gates of Kabul, opposition spokesmen said.

7.   Before the Chechen fighters seized the hospital Tuesday, they had tried to attack the airfield.

8.   Chechen fighters reportedly seize a Russian-controlled building Friday and at least two Russian border guards are killed, further threatening a fragile peace.

9.   Earlier Thursday, rebel fighters seized a senior Chechen police officer and two local television journalists.

10.   Earlier this year, hundreds of Islamic fighters seized mountaintops inside the Indian-held part of the frigid northern territory.