31.   The large gains made by Croats in the current offensive also are putting pressure on the U.S.-fostered Croat-Muslim alliance.

32.   The show started with a broadcast of Israelis shelling Palestinian camps and demolishing buildings during their current offensive in the West Bank.

33.   Twenty were convicted earlier this week in Kisangani, from where the current offensive is being launched, and could face the death penalty.

34.   A defence ministry spokesman in Kabul said the current offensive was aimed at dispersing concentrations of enemy troops in the continuing campaign to protect Kabul from invasion.

35.   The military said the objective of its current offensive was to capture the town of Jaffna, the citadel of Tamil separatism.

36.   Last year the KNU held four rounds of negotiations with the junta and have said they were seeking a fifth round when the current offensive began last month.

37.   Last year the KNU held four rounds of talks with the junta and have said they were seeking a fifth round when the current offensive began last month.

38.   Late Wednesday, Colombian President Andres Pastrana gave the order to the Armed Forces to counterattack FARC guerrillas in their current offensive.

39.   Moscow cited those incidents as reasons for its current offensive against separatist rebels in Chechnya, although Basayev denied any involvement in the deadly blasts.

40.   President Chandrika Kumaratunga told state radio Wednesday that the current offensive against the LTTE was the biggest military campaign aimed at taking the town of Jaffna.