11.   MQM leaders have called such orders an invitation for more violence in the already battered city.

12.   MQM leaders previously called similar orders provocative and an invitation for more violence in the already battered city.

13.   On Saturday, pre-dawn airstrikes destroyed several buildings in Grozny, television crews returning from the battered city said.

14.   On Saturday, Bosnian Foreign Minister Muhamed Sacirbey said Sarajevo Serbs are needed to help rebuild the battered city.

15.   Residents of this battered northern city told of abuses by Iraqi forces during the initial fighting Saturday.

16.   Russian artillery guns and warplanes fell silent overnight and for much of Saturday, giving the battered city its first quiet night since December.

17.   Russian artillery and warplanes fell silent overnight and for much of Saturday, giving the battered city its first quiet night since December.

18.   Sniper fire crackled sporadically in Grozny, but the big guns fell silent and the battered city was calmer than it has been in days.

19.   Some civilians were fleeing the battered city, but thousands were trapped by the fighting and running short of food, water and medicine.

20.   The renewed fighting in and around Kabul has ravaged the already battered city in recent weeks.