41.   This is the second major Russian offensive against the Islamic rebels in the city, who have stubbornly refused to surrender.

42.   Together the assaults compounded the evidence that the major military Israeli offensive that ended early this month had done little to blunt the Palestinian attacks.

43.   Words and pictures detail the ensuing yearlong bus boycott, considered the first major offensive in a battle ostensibly won but never fully over.

44.   Opposition commanders around the other major front north of Kabul have said they were preparing for a major offensive toward the capital after days of heavy U.S. airstrikes.

45.   Other behaviour also indicates a major Bosnian offensive is in the works.

46.   Papua New Guinea launched a major offensive against Bougainville rebels last month.

47.   Papua New Guinea launched a major offensive against Bougainville rebels in June.

48.   Papua New Guinea launched a major offensive against the rebels in June, but it faltered in mid-July and hundreds of troops were withdrawn.

49.   Peace talks with the rebels were scuttled because of fighting last month, when a major military offensive captured an MILF stronghold.

50.   Pol Pot died under house arrest of a purported heart attack as the government army staged a major offensive that captured the last main Khmer Rouge stronghold.