61.   Police said they launched the raid as part of an investigation into the abduction of a public official last month.

62.   Romanian police have launched raids against the smugglers, but failed to stop them.

63.   Russian troops have begun to seal roads and valley passes in the breakaway republic to prevent the rebels from launching raids from their southern mountain bases.

64.   Rebels reportedly based in Eritrea have launched a raid in the Sudan, killing three policemen and escalating tensions between Sudan and Eritrea.

65.   Russian warplanes pounded rebel-held areas of Chechnya on Saturday and troops blocked roads and passes to prevent rebels from launching raids from mountain hideouts.

66.   Shielded among the refugees, Hutu militiamen had used the bases in Zaire to launch raids into Rwanda.

67.   Russian forces Saturday blocked roads and valley passes in an attempt to prevent Chechen rebels from launching raids from mountain hideouts on government positions, news reports said.

68.   Russian forces Saturday blocked roads and valley passes in an attempt to prevent Chechen rebels hiding in the mountains from launching raids on government positions, news reports said.

69.   Russian forces seize the village of Chiri-Yurt in southern Chechnya Saturday, moving to prevent Chechen rebels from launching raids from their mountain hideouts.

70.   Some of the fighters are believed to have launched raids into Afghanistan.