41.   The troops pushed them back, but not before the mourners brought down part of a concrete fence.

42.   Turkish troops pushed hard against Kurdish rebels Monday, reportedly battling them near the Syrian border and to the east close to Iran.

43.   Troops pushed and punched those who resisted.

44.   Turkish troops have pushed Kurdish rebels toward the Syrian and Iranian borders, where battles raged Monday, according to reports reaching here.

45.   Troops pushed and shoved demonstrators, fired rubber bullets and stun grenades to disperse the crowd.

46.   Two Palestinians were killed when Israeli troops briefly pushed into the West Bank town of Nablus.

47.   U.N. officials and aid agencies have expressed concern that hundreds of civilians and captured soldiers have been massacred as northern alliance troops push back the Taliban in Afghanistan.

48.   Heavy fighting began on Monday night and government troops have pushed back the rebel forces eastwards, the spokesman said.

49.   In Moscow, the ITAR-TASS news agency said that Russian troops had pushed back an armoured assault by the Chechens in Khankala.

50.   In the northwestern Bihac region, Bosnian troops have reportedly pushed back Serb forces.