31.   The Taliban religious army is pounding the area with its fighter jets and the opposition is retaliating with heavy rocketing and shelling of Taliban positions.

32.   The tornado hit in the early evening as showers and thunderstorms pounded an area from northern New England to West Virginia.

33.   Three large rockets flew above Nhoma on Wednesday morning, one screaming past a small village on the outskirts of town, and artillery fire pounded the area.

34.   Two days of fighting in the forest ensued before troops pulled back Wednesday to let federal artillery and fighter jets pound the area, officials said.

35.   U.S. aircraft returned Tuesday night and pounded the area.

36.   U.S. warplanes pounded the area before and after dawn, but stopped midmorning to allow tribal warriors to move forward on the ground.

37.   Warplanes took to the skies early Saturday after a daylong lull, pounding the areas around Kabul and Kandahar in a seventh straight day of airstrikes.

38.   Warplanes pounded areas south of Jalalabad thought to contain hide-outs of Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaida terrorist network.

39.   When shells begin pounding one area, a street will clear instantly.

40.   Word of the rebuff came as warplanes took to the skies in a seventh straight day of airstrikes, pounding areas around Kabul and Kandahar after a daylong lull.