21.   A Russian serviceman was killed and two were wounded in Grozny overnight, and six troops were seized by rebels Sunday in southern Chechnya, it said.

22.   A top defense ministry official retracted a report alleging that rearmed former rebels seized two government representatives and five soldiers in northern Nicaragua.

23.   After NATO planes bombed Serb ammunition dumps last month, the rebels seized hundreds of peacekeepers and freed them only after apparently winning guarantees of no further bombing.

24.   Albanian rebels have seized four border checkpoints, the statement said.

25.   After two days of fierce fighting, rebels on Saturday seized the key Elephant Pass causeway in northern Sri Lanka -- the doorstep to Jaffna.

26.   Anti-government rebels have seized a strategic port city in southern Zaire, bringing to seven the number of cities they now control, officials said Tuesday.

27.   Anti-government rebels may have seized control of a major city in the mineral-rich southern region of Shaba, government officials said Monday.

28.   At dawn, thousands of soldiers moved to retake mountain peaks they had abandoned at the onset of winter and which were seized by the rebels in May.

29.   At dawn, thousands of soldiers moved to re-take mountain peaks they had abandoned at the onset of winter and which were seized by the rebels in May.

30.   Besides the foreigners from the Sipadan resort, the Abu Sayyaf rebels seized other hostages in separate abductions.