21.   Rumsfeld spoke after American warplanes launched the biggest daylight attacks so far over Afghanistan, then followed them up with night raids.

22.   Russian warplanes meanwhile launched heavy bombardments on four districts where the rebels appear strongest.

23.   The clandestine Voice of Iraqi Kurdistan said Iranian warplanes launched a raid on Iranian Kurdish refugees Monday.

24.   The commander of a U.S. battle group in the Gulf on Saturday says warplanes could launch continuous attacks against Iraq for weeks.

25.   The commander of a U.S. battle group in the Gulf says U.S. warplanes could launch continuous attacks against Iraq for weeks.

26.   The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, also said Russian warplanes launched assaults on two Chechen regions and artillery barraged three other regions.

27.   The sources said Monday that Yemeni warplanes launched more raids late Sunday night on Eritrean warships reported to be pounding Greater Hanish.

28.   U.S. warplanes launched dozens of strikes against Taliban tank and troop positions in the area, refugees and witnesses said.

29.   Turkish warplanes Thursday launched a bombing strike against suspected Kurdish rebel camps in northern Iraq, the Anatolia news agency said.

30.   Warplanes launched heavy bombing raids Wednesday on Taliban front line positions north of the Afghan capital.