31.   The main fighting pits two local commanders, Abdul Rahman and Abdul Jalil, against forces loyal to the government.

32.   They believe civil authority is already being undermined by aggressive moves of the Yugoslav Army in Montenegro and the agitation of opposition forces loyal to Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic.

33.   Though forces loyal to Chavez smoothed his return, his fall was precipitated by the military.

34.   To the north, he faces ongoing clashes between forces loyal to warlords Abdul Rashid Dostum and Atta Mohammad.

35.   Villagers remember hearing the two-hour gun battle Thursday night between the Americans and what they assume were al-Qaida forces loyal to the Taliban.

36.   Outnumbered and outgunned, opposition forces loyal to Ranariddh are retreating across northern Cambodia.

37.   President Burhanuddin Rabbani has offered to meet with his warring rivals, the Islamic Taliban militia and forces loyal to former communist General Rashid Dostum.

38.   President Laurent Kabila banned all political activities soon after he captured Kinshasa last May from forces loyal to Mobutu.

39.   A clash between forces loyal to Atto and Aidid left three dead and seven wounded last Friday in Mogadishu.

40.   A Congolese rebel faction backed by Uganda said Saturday it captured a northwestern town after it was abandoned by government forces loyal to President Laurent Kabila.