11.   It said that Russian warplanes and helicopters targeted villages in the Botlikh district overnight into Saturday morning.

12.   No one knows exactly why certain villages are targeted.

13.   Pakistan accused India of targeting villages, which led to fierce cross-border shelling between the two sides.

14.   Police said militants targeted the village in the midst of a fierce encounter with Indian security forces in nearby jungles.

15.   Previously, rebels refrained from targeting villages in an attempt to gain popularity among the local people in southeastern Turkey.

16.   Serbian television reported NATO missiles hit on the slopes of Fruska Gora hill northwest of Belgrade, with the independent Beta neww agency saying three villages were targeted.

17.   The insurgents are thought to target villages that refuse food or mount civilian militias armed by the government.

18.   The ITAR-Tass news agency said the Russians were targeting the villages of Shatoi and Vedeno south of the capital, Grozny.

19.   The militants targeted the village in an apparent attempt to distract Indian security forces whom they were fighting in nearby jungles, said Jagat.

20.   The military used helicopter gunships in the Pool counteroffensive, at times directly targeting villages, the United Nations said.