61.   The man, described by passengers as tall, strong and hysterical, launched his assault on the cockpit during a British Airways flight from London to Nairobi.

62.   The opposition launched its assault against Taliban soldiers inside the Faryab provincial capital, Maimana, Shamsulhaq Arianfar said.

63.   The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, also said Russian warplanes launched assaults on two Chechen regions and artillery barraged three other regions.

64.   The rebels had threatened to attack Freetown by Friday, but failed to launch the assault because of the arrival of ECOMOG reinforcements, ECOMOG said.

65.   The raiders drove away security forces stationed in the communities before launching their assaults.

66.   The rebels had threatened to attack Freetown by Friday, but failed to launch the assault because of the arrival of ECOMOG reinforcements, intervention force officials have said.

67.   The Web sites said the rebels had launched assaults on their former stronghold of Jaffna from two fronts and were within one mile of the city.

68.   They fled their camps in Goma after Kabila launched his assault against Zairian troops in September and have been on the run ever since.

69.   They pledged to hunt down the rest of the rebel force, which had launched its assault from within a guerrilla safe haven to the west.

70.   Three Red Army members launched the assault with grenades and machine guns.