21.   At the front Saturday, Taliban fighters wrapped their bearded faces against the dry gusting winds as they pounded enemy positions with heavy weapons.

22.   Attacking Russian tanks and infantry battled to encircle the city center Sunday as their forces continued to pound rebel positions with hundreds of artillery shells and rockets.

23.   Both armies were in the process of withdrawing on Monday when Ugandan artillery pounded Rwandan positions in the city.

24.   Defying NATO warnings, Yugoslav forces have pounded suspected positions of the rebel Kosovo Liberation Army in recent days, sending terrified villagers into the open.

25.   Despite rekindled hopes for peace talks in Afghanistan, government jets on Saturday pounded rebel positions south of Kabul during a series of air strikes.

26.   Despite rekindled hopes for peace talks in Afghanistan, government jets Saturday pounded rebel positions south of Kabul.

27.   Despite rekindled hopes for peace talks in Afghanistan, government jets Saturday pounded rebel positions south of Kabul during a series of air strikes.

28.   Despite U.S. demands to extend a cease-fire in war-torn Chechnya, Russian forces pounded rebel positions Wednesday with artillery, rockets and attack helicopters.

29.   Defying NATO warnings, Yugoslav forces have pounded suspected positions of the rebel Kosovo Liberation Army in recent days, sening terrified villagers into the open.

30.   Elsewhere in Kosovo, Serb gunners pounded Albanian positions along the Yugoslav-Albanian border with rockets and artillery.