31.   According to Rwandan commanders, the fighting began when Ugandan forces launched a gun and mortar assault on Rwandan positions at the airport late Saturday.

32.   After capturing the important border towns of Uvira and Bukavu, they launched an assault on Goma Thursday.

33.   Another Afghan refugee, Zia, said the plan was to launch the assault just after dinnertime.

34.   As Kyaw Win spoke, the Thai army was launching assaults against Karen forces farther south inside Burma.

35.   Before the attack, Mohammed called Afzal on his mobile phone to ask who was present in Parliament before launching the assault.

36.   Both sides had been gearing up for an all-out offensive when the Taliban launched a major assault Wednesday in an effort to extend their strict form of Islam.

37.   Britain launches new assault on EU beef export ban.

38.   Chris Gunness, a U.N. spokesman in the Croatian capital of Zagreb, said Croatia had told U.N. officials an hour before launching the assault.

39.   Government forces launched an assault Friday on remaining pockets of separatist guerrillas in the Chechen capital, where witnesses said corpses littered the streets.

40.   Government forces launched an assault south of Kabul in an effort to win back ground lost to the rebels, a Defense Ministry spokesman said Saturday.