91. Croatian and Bosnian Croat forces fired artillery and mortar shells on Krajina Serb border villages over the weekend and Monday, putting further pressure on separatist forces. 92. Croatian Serb separatist forces received orders Saturday to carry out air attacks on the northwest Bosnian enclave of Bihac, the Croatian defense ministry said. 93. Despite several Russian checkpoints along roads in the Vadeno region, the area is under the control of armed separatist forces loyal to independence leader Dzhokhar Dudayev. 94. Despite the peace initiatives fighting broke out late Thursday between Russian soldiers, sent to impose order on Chechnya, and separatist forces northwest of the capital Grozny. 95. During the afternoon there were several skirmishes in the Jewish cemetery, a district bisected by a frontline between Bosnian government and separatist Serb forces. 96. During the two-month Yemeni civil war Sanaa accused Riyadh of supporting southern separatist forces. 97. Earlier Friday, military officials said six Russian soldiers were killed and four wounded during clashes with separatist forces in Grozny and in eastern areas of the Moslem republic. 98. Fierce artillery duels between Russian and Chechen separatist forces rocked the suburbs of the Chechen capital Grozny early Thursday. 99. Following the NATO bombing of a Bosnian Serb ammunition dump ten days ago, separatist Serb forces took scores of peacekeepers hostage. 100. Fighting was still raging as Maskhadov and Pulikovski met for the first contacts between the two sides since separatist forces launched their new offensive. |
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