31.   Elsewhere in the rebel republic, Russian helicopter gunships pounded separatist positions.

32.   Elsehwere in Kosovo, Serb gunners pounded Albanian positions along the Yugoslav-Albanian border with rockets and artillery.

33.   Eyewitnesses said opposition jets pounded Taliban positions north of the capital Wednesday.

34.   Faced with overwhelming firepower, Afghan forces would break up into small groups and slip away while Soviet planes, tanks and artillery pounded empty positions.

35.   Faced with overwhelming Soviet firepower, Afghan forces would break up into small groups and slip away while Soviet planes, tanks and artillery pounded empty positions.

36.   Fighter jets pounded opposition positions in northern Takhar province and at the battlefront north of the Afghan capital of Kabul earlier this week.

37.   Federal troops also have ignored past declarations from Yeltsin that the fighting must stop, and they have pounded rebel positions in recent weeks.

38.   Fresh fighting flared Sunday in northwestern Macedonia, as government artillery pounded rebel positions there.

39.   Government batteries pounded Taliban positions with rocket fire throughout the night, lighting the sky with flares.

40.   Government troops began pounding Taliban positions before dawn with mortars, heavy artillery, tanks and machine-gun fire.