101.   Meanwhile, fighting reportedly flared to the east in the mountains of central Tajikistan, where the government has been battling Islamic rebels for years.

102.   MANILA, Philippines -- Islamic rebels who raided a southern town belong to a radical network that extends from Afghanistan to the United States, the government claims.

103.   Meanwhile, new clashes between Islamic rebels and Russian troops guarding the border with Afghanistan broke out, the agency said.

104.   Meanwhile, three civilians and three suspected Islamic rebels were killed in fresh violence in Kashmir on Thursday, police said.

105.   Many Islamic rebels from the former Soviet republics in Central Asia are believed to have fought with the Taliban.

106.   Meanwhile, Islamic rebels denied Russian claims that they would be booted from the villages they occupy.

107.   Meanwhile, fighting flared again to the east in the mountains of central Tajikistan, where the government has been battling Islamic rebels for years.

108.   Moscow sent troops to Afghanistan to back a fledgling socialist government against Islamic rebels supported by the United States.

109.   Moscow sent troops to the country to back a fledgling Communist government against Islamic rebels supported by the United States.

110.   Mine-clearing agencies say neither the communist regime nor the Islamic rebels made maps of their mine fields.