51.   Rebel ambushes and checkpoint attacks have sapped the morale of Russian troops, though both sides have refrained from major offensives in recent weeks.

52.   Rebel radio warned civilians in the peninsula Monday that a major military offensive against the rebel stronghold of Jaffna was imminent.

53.   A major offensive on Saturday failed to wrest Grozny from government control, but an opposition spokesman said the fighting was not over.

54.   A major offensive by the Russian-backed opposition Saturday failed to wrest Grozny, the capital of the breakaway region of Chechnya, from government control.

55.   A major offensive by the Russian-backed opposition fails to wrest Grozny, the capital of the breakaway region of Chechnya, from government control.

56.   A senior opposition official said such coordination will increase in coming days and that alliance forces were planning a major offensive to take Mazar-e-Sharif.

57.   A top strategist for the anti-Taliban alliance said the rebels were preparing for a major offensive.

58.   A senior opposition official said such coordination will increase, and alliance forces were planning a major offensive to take Mazar-e-Sharif.

59.   After five hours of talks Sunday, the warring factions also offered to try to stop major offensives.

60.   Any preparations for a major military offensive would be difficult to track.