11.   Russian Interior Ministry troops pound the village of Bamut in western Chechnya on Friday.

12.   Russian troops pound rebel stronghold in Chechnya.

13.   Russian troops pounded Grozny with rocket and mortar fire early Monday in a shift of tactics aimed at scattering Chechen defenders and making room for infantry troops.

14.   Russian troops pound Grozny in fifth day of fighting.

15.   Russian troops pound rebel positions.

16.   Russian troops relentlessly pounded Grozny with rocket and mortar fire Monday in a shift of tactics aimed at scattering Chechen defenders and making room for infantry troops.

17.   Speaking in the Panjshir Valley, Rakhmat Ramazan, a spokesman for the northern alliance, said Taliban troops pounded opposition positions with artillery starting late Sunday.

18.   Speaking in the valley, Rakhmat Ramazan, a spokesman for the northern alliance, said Taliban troops pounded opposition positions with artillery starting late Sunday.

19.   They said Taliban soldiers and rival government troops were pounding each other with tank and heavy artillery fire.

20.   They said the Indian troops pounded artillery shells on Pakistan Army positions and civilian areas near the border valleys of Neelum Leepa and Chakothi in the disputed Kashmir region.