41.   Last month Ankara launched a massive military offensive into northern Iraq to crush PKK units based there.

42.   Since the attack Moscow troops have launched a massive offensive against separatist-held villages in southern areas of the breakaway republic.

43.   The army is planning to move out of Gaam suspecting the rebels could launch a massive offensive against them anytime soon, he said.

44.   The announcement came as coalition forces in Afghanistan were winding up a massive offensive, Operation Anaconda, in the last known Taliban and al-Qaeda stronghold.

45.   The Cairo meeting was arranged at the request of the Palestinians, who want Arab political and financial support to face the massive Israeli offensive.

46.   The European Union on Thursday demanded a rapid end to the massive Turkish offensive, backed up by tanks and warplanes.

47.   The ministers are to seek ways to support the Palestinians, reeling under a massive Israeli offensive in the West Bank now in its ninth day.

48.   The massive Russian offensive began Saturday in the mountainous southern region of the Caucasus republic, using planes, artillery and infantry.