51.   One day after insurgents seeking to oust President Laurent Kabila launched an assault on the eastern suburbs of Kinshasa, vengeful government forces turned their fury on their captives.

52.   Republican Bush rejects any suggestions that his proposals would require such drastic measures, and he was launching an assault of his own.

53.   Shiite Muslim guerrillas launched assaults on Israeli-backed militiamen in south Lebanon, provoking aerial retaliation and artillery bombardment, U.N. and Lebanese security sources said Wednesday.

54.   That claim led the military to launch an assault on their stronghold.

55.   The Burmese launched the assault after peace talks with KNU leaders broke down earlier this month.

56.   The alliance has said its forces will launch an assault to take the city if the Taliban do not surrender it by Friday.

57.   The army launched the assault after two of its soldiers were killed and a third abducted in a rebel ambush Thursday.

58.   The detained kidnappers are associated with the gunmen who launched the assault, ITAR-Tass said.

59.   The European Union suspended trade talks with Croatia and froze an aid program Friday to penalize the Balkan nation for launching an assault on rebel Serbs.

60.   The Northern Districts all-rounder played himself in before launching his assault late on in the innings.