51.   Azra had been defended by Ahmadzai tribal militia forces loyal to the Hezb-i-Islami faction of Prime Minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.

52.   Both the hotel and the church are on territory in the embattled capital held by Hutu pro-government troops and militia forces.

53.   Fighters loyal to Osama bin Laden around Tora Bora mountain in eastern Afghanistan surrendered to militia forces on Tuesday, a local commander said.

54.   The Taliban official in Peshawar also said the militia forces had made further gains in the Logar region on Saturday, capturing the strategic heights of Alishehr Pahar.

55.   The RPF accuses Hutu former government troops and extremist militia forces of the genocide of Tutsis and moderate Hutus.

56.   There were also reports of an LTTE attack against a small islet in the north where a pro-government Tamil group maintains a small militia force.

57.   Troops loyal to President Burhanuddin Rabbani prepared a new offensive against Taliban student militia forces west of Kabul Thursday as the two sides exchanged tank and rocket fire.

58.   Israeli military sources confirmed that Israeli and allied militia forces returned fire after a Hezbollah mortar attack on positions in the eastern sector of the zone.

59.   President Fidel Ramos had to publicly warn the city council that it had no authority to acquire such arms or to form such a militia force.

60.   Roman Catholic bishops in the Congo have urged a renegade militia force fighting government troops west of the capital to lay down their arms and stop defying the army.