51.   He blamed the military for the fighting near Sirawai, saying they had deployed their troops in places where the MILF had concentrations of guerrillas.

52.   Davies said there was no fighting near the embassy on Wednesday but that gunfire continued around bridges and the military barracks of the Barclay Training Center in Monrovia.

53.   Davies said there was no fighting near the embassy on Wednesday but that gunfire continued around bridges and the Barclay Training Center in Monrovia.

54.   Earlier ITAR-TASS reported that a number of Russian troops were wounded in the fighting near Pervomaiskaya.

55.   Landale said the fighting near the tanks was between Bosnian Serb forces and the Bosnian government troops.

56.   Nine Russian soldiers were killed Monday in fierce fighting near the strategic Chechen city of Argun, a Chechen military commander told AFP.

57.   No US Special Forces troops were involved in the fighting near the town of Tipo-Tipo, Captain Noel Detoyato told reporters.

58.   Six Moslem guerrillas and three government soldiers were killed in renewed heavy fighting near this southern Philippine city, sources said Tuesday.

59.   The agency said Taliban and government forces were locked in fierce fighting near the customs house.

60.   The fighting near Sarobi follows major territorial gains by Taliban warriors this month in eastern Afghanistan including capture of Nangarhar province of which Jalalabad in the capital.