61.   An army commander declared a cease-fire Tuesday to allow government and Muslim rebel peace negotiators to resume talks stalled by a major military offensive in the southern Philippines.

62.   Anti-Taliban forces launched a major offensive Tuesday to drive the Islamic militia from its only northern foothold, the city of Kunduz, an opposition spokesman said.

63.   As the military waged a major offensive in the rugged southeast, police raided a house in this Mediterranean city Sunday and killed four Kurdish rebels, authorities said.

64.   Arroyo has also ruled out any return of MILF camps captured by the military in a major offensive ordered by Estrada last year.

65.   Authorities have launched a major anti-drug offensive in this remote eastern region near the Venezuelan border -- fumigating the green fields and setting jungle cocaine laboratories on fire.

66.   Before signing the last two accords, both sides mounted major offensives in an apparent effort to negotiate from a position of military strength.

67.   Bosnian government forces said Friday they had captured a vital Serb communications tower in a major offensive.

68.   Both the Russians and the Chechens have been fortifying fixed positions in recent days, but neither side has launched any major offensives.

69.   But on Thursday, he said he would hold off on a major new offensive, saying the government had made some movement from its hard-line position.

70.   Canadian and British soldiers launch a major offensive across the Rhine between Emmerich and Wesel on the north end of the Western Front.