21.   Even as Rumsfeld flew around the region, the fighting near Tora Bora was evolving into a chase.

22.   Factional fighting near the Iranian border also forced the United Nations to drop one of its two planned refugee crossing points from Iran.

23.   Maj. Herve Gourmelon, a U.N. spokesman, reported heavy fighting near Velika Kladusa, a stronghold of renegade Muslims allied with rebel Serbs from Bosnia and neighboring Croatia.

24.   Rebels in eastern Zaire reported heavy fighting near the key city of Kisangani, while the government suggested that Angola had joined neighboring countries in supporting the guerrillas.

25.   Sporadic clashes continued Wednesday, with heavy fighting near the main Russian military base.

26.   Sporadic clashes continued, with heavy fighting near the main Russian military base.

27.   Taliban Information Ministry confirmed heavy fighting near Mazar-e-Sharif, but claimed to have pushed the opposition back.

28.   The Bosnian Serbs on Saturday accused the Croatian army of being involved in the fighting near Livno.

29.   The Bosnian army claimed to have captured seven villages in recent fighting near Bihac in the northwest part of the country.

30.   The fighting near the Macedonian border continues a week of sporadic battles that followed an inconclusive round of peace talks in Rambouillet, France.