51.   Liberia announced in late June it had driven the rebels out of the north, but sporadic fighting has continued.

52.   Last Sunday, the government launched an offensive to drive rebels from their positions in the steep hills overlooking the city.

53.   Macedonian army officials said troops drove the rebels out of the hamlet near the border with Kosovo but did not enter it because they feared land mines.

54.   Macedonian forces dug in overnight after piercing rebel lines and retaking ground held by ethnic Albanian insurgents and vowed to drive the rebels out of the country.

55.   Officials of the temporary Russian-backed administration, installed after separatist rebels were driven out, speak of ambitious rebuilding plans.

56.   On Thursday, the military claimed to have captured three square miles of territory and driven the rebels south toward strategic Elephant Pass.

57.   On Friday, government troops mounted a tank and artillery assault, driving the rebels out of the capital and into nearby hills, authorities said.

58.   On Friday, government troops mounted a tank and artillery counterattack, driving the rebels out of the capital and into nearby hills.

59.   On Friday, government troops mounted a tank and artillery counter-attack, driving the rebels out of the capital and into nearby hills.

60.   Police officials believe the death toll for their colleagues will rise before the rebels are driven out.