61.   Dutch peacekeepers manning a roadblock to the south of the town first fired warning shots at the advancing troops and then engaged the Serb forces for about two hours.

62.   The southerners were trying to halt the advancing troops with extensive air power, and warplanes were flying sorties from Aden airport, an AFP correspondent reported.

63.   The southerners had been using the airport as a launchpad for attacks on the advancing northern troops.

64.   LTTE guerrillas, who held the town, fled the area together with hundreds of civilians in the face of advancing troops, Munasinghe said.

65.   Northern forces have launched a fierce artillery assault on Aden airport to try to ground southern warplanes attacking advancing troops, a military spokesman said here on Sunday.

66.   Several of the buildings came crashing down on the advancing troops, killing or wounding many.

67.   Several of the buildings came crashing down on the advancing troops.

68.   The advancing troops have skirted the well-known Kandaswamy Hindu temple at Nallur to avoid damage to it, the spokesman said.

69.   The Khmer Rouge guerrillas defending their main base put up strong resistance, checking the advancing Phnom Penh troops with anti-personnel and anti-tank landmines and bamboo spike traps.