41.   The Russian army and air force for more than a week have been pounding villages in southern Chechnya, killing combatants and civilians indiscriminately, according to witness reports.

42.   The statement came as Russian warplanes and heavy artillery pounded mountain villages in southern Chechnya for the second day, killing and wounding many civilians.

43.   Two Ingush mountain villages were being pounded by Russian forces seeking to flush out Chechen separatists.

44.   Two women and a child were killed Thursday as Indian troops pounded villages on the Pakistani side of Kashmir, officials said.

45.   Israeli aircraft and artillery pounded villages near Tyre where Shiite fundamentalist guerrillas are entrenched, Lebanese police said.

46.   Israeli artillery gunners retaliated by pounding four villages facing the zone, police said.

47.   Israeli artillery pounded villages south of the port of Tyre for almost three hours, witnesses said.

48.   Russian warplanes and artillery pounded several villages in southeastern Chechnya on Tuesday, the Interfax news agency quoted separatist officials as saying.

49.   Russian artillery units on Friday pounded three villages in western Chechnya despite the theoretical ceasefire.

50.   Russian forces had pounded the village in southwestern Chechnya Tuesday and Wednesday.