51.   Peru is also suffering higher casualties.

52.   A Hezbollah communique said the guerrillas suffered no casualties in the first ambush.

53.   A government spokesman claimed the Taliban suffered heavy casualties but it was impossible to verify.

54.   A pro-rebel news agency, DEM, denied the Kurdish rebels suffered casualties.

55.   According to Ismail, the area around the present Sultan Abdul Halim Secondary School in Jitra saw a lot of fighting, with both sides suffering heavy casualties.

56.   Although there were no figures available, humanitarian aid workers in Kabul said both sides in the fighting have suffered heavy casualties during the past week.

57.   American troops came under sniper fire twice last week but suffered no casualties.

58.   Anatolia had said the rebels suffered heavy casualties.

59.   Astamur Taniya, an aide to the Abkhazian president, said the Abkhazians were using artillery and air power against the militants and the infiltrators had suffered casualties.

60.   Body of one rebel was recovered after the fighting, but officials believe the guerrillas could have suffered more casualties.