61.   Sri Lankan troops on a seven-month offensive to capture a strategic road have captured a town, the defense ministry said.

62.   Tajik rebels attacked and captured a town near the Afghan border Sunday, killing at least four members of state security forces, law enforcement officials said.

63.   The alliance is fighting government troops along the borders with Ethiopia and Eritrea and claims to have captured several towns.

64.   The agreement was already in question after the rebels announced fresh territorial gains last week, capturing northwestern towns of Gbadolite and Gemena.

65.   The alliance claims to have captured several towns.

66.   The army had captured the town a week ago.

67.   The BBC reporter in Lubumbashi said expatriate businessmen told him rebels had captured the town early Monday without meeting any resistance.

68.   The border into Rwanda at Bukavu has been closed by the Zairian rebels who captured the town from government forces late last month.

69.   The Ethiopian army poured reinforcements into the front lines south of Zala Ambessa Friday, ten days after Eritreans captured the town.

70.   The hourlong attack came just days after a West African coalition army captured the town from soldiers loyal to the ousted junta.