11.   Chechen fighters have fanned out to the hills to engage Russian forces trying to seal off the republic.

12.   Chechen fighters have fanned out to the hills to engage Russian forces trying to seal the breakaway republic.

13.   Chechen fighters have fanned out to the hills to engage Russian forces trying to seal the republic.

14.   I can confirm that U.K. forces are engaged in this action.

15.   Milan denied the Serbians were committing atrocities in Kosovo, adding that the Serbian forces were engaged in an internal fight against terrorists.

16.   Military briefers say Serb activity in Kosovo has slowed and that most Yugoslav forces are now engaged in dispersing and defending against the allied air attacks.

17.   Other officials said U.S. and Kyrgyz forces are engaged in simulated anti-terrorism exercises, part of a U.S. effort to help the desperately poor country deal with Islamic extremists.

18.   The leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army, Hashim Thaci, has denied his forces are engaged in such an effort.

19.   The Tajik Defense Ministry said its forces were only engaged in defense operations, thus demonstrating their adherence to a cease-fire accord signed with the rebels last week.

20.   The troops confirmed Interior Ministry forces were still engaged in fighting there.