11.   Serb and Muslim civilians clashed with sticks and chains in a northeastern Bosnia village Thursday, and U.S. troops intervened to separate them, NATO said.

12.   Serb and Muslim civilians clashed with sticks and chains in a northeastern Bosnia village Thursday, and U.S. troops intervened to separate them.

13.   Tamil Tigers attacked a government post outside a northeastern village near rebel-held territory, killing nine people, a police official said Friday.

14.   Tamil Tiger rebels shot to death three soldiers and two civilians in a northeastern village Wednesday, police said.

15.   Tamil rebels murdered two Buddhist priests and attacked a northeastern fishing village in separate assaults Friday, military officials said.

16.   Tamil Tigers attacked a government post outside a northeastern village near rebel-held territory, killing nine people, officials said Friday.

17.   The cutbacks will begin immediately, but Prifti said the outages would not affect northeastern villages cut off by snow.

18.   Two children were killed in a northeastern Ukrainian village after a private house was torched, an official said Monday.