41.   Iraq on Saturday denied it had massed troops in the Kurdish region or shelled Kurdish positions as claimed by an alliance of opposition groups.

42.   Israeli forces retaliated by shelling suspected positions of Hezbollah guerrillas outside an Israeli-held strip in the south.

43.   It said federal positions were shelled throughout the night.

44.   Nibizi said the army had shelled rebel positions and shot at the attackers, forcing them to retreat into the hills.

45.   Northern alliance tanks on Thursday shelled Taliban positions near the village of Zardkamar, near the Tajik border, the border guards said.

46.   On Friday, Serb rebels shelled four positions manned by the Ukrainian peacekeepers, and the United Nations called in NATO jets to fly overhead.

47.   On Friday, the rebels shelled four positions manned by Ukrainian peacekeepers, and the United Nations called in NATO jets to fly overhead.

48.   On Friday, the rebels shelled four positions manned by Ukrainian peacekeepers, and the United Nations called in NATO jets.

49.   Russian artillery shelled Chechen positions several miles north of Grozny, off and on throughout the day.

50.   Saib also claimed that Turkish jets and artillery units shelled their positions in the south of Shaqlawa on Saturday.