31.   U.S. Marines have begun a drive to seize weapons from fleeing Taliban soldiers and al-Qaeda fighters at checkpoints in southern Afghanistan, officers said Tuesday.

32.   Under the plan, Arafat and his security chiefs would be obliged to arrest militants and seize illegal weapons.

33.   While they were being processed and questioned on Sunday, several of them attacked their guards and seized their weapons.

34.   Police and army units tried to re-establish their authority in southern Albania, which has crumbled as civilians there seize weapons from state arsenals.

35.   Police have rounded up dozens of people and seized weapons, vehicles and false documents.

36.   Palestinian Attorney General Khaled Kidreh said that members of the Hamas military wing, Izzedine al Qassam, were among those arrested and that some weapons were seized.

37.   Peacekeepers seized weapons from both Bosnian army and Serb police units in the region, and the return of refugees was suspended throughout the country.

38.   Police arrested a man and seized a weapon shortly after the killing, but said they could not provide a motive for the shooting.

39.   Police said Saturday they raided a suspected terrorist training camp linked to al-Qaida and seized several weapons after arresting seven men in a nearby clash.

40.   Police seized illegal weapons in a village in southern Russia and said three people they arrested may have been trying to sell explosive material contained in tank shells.