41.   The Russian military controls large areas of Chechnya, but appears to be far from defeating the rebels.

42.   The Russian military controls large areas of Chechnya but appears to be far from defeating the rebels.

43.   The Ugandan army has failed to defeat rebels operating in the north and the west because it has been reduced by half, President Yoweri Museveni said Friday.

44.   The U.S. diplomatic drive gathered steam after Croatia defeated rebel Serbs earlier this month, on the belief that the Serbs might be more willing to make concessions.

45.   The Yugoslav army supreme command said it ordered a partial withdrawal of troops from Kosovo on Sunday night after they defeated the rebel Kosovo Liberation Army.

46.   They blamed him for failing to defeat the rebels and for the slow pace of change in Afghanistan.

47.   Three Indonesian soldiers were killed in Aceh Tuesday, one day after the military vowed stern action to defeat rebels fighting for independence.

48.   While he has to a large degree defeated the rebel Kosovo Liberation Army, they continue to offer pockets of resistance.

49.   Newly appointed military southern command chief Major General Ernesto Carolina on Tuesday vowed to defeat the rebels and rescue the hostages.

50.   The attack came just four days after President Kumaratunga ruled out any talks with the LTTE and vowed to keep up military action to defeat the rebels.