61.   The government contends the rebels are separatists bent on seizing territory and launched an offensive to drive them from northern villages where they are based.

62.   The government has accused them of trying to seize territory and carve out an ethnic Albanian mini-state.

63.   The Macedonian government says the rebels simply want to seize territory.

64.   The Macedonian government contends the rebels simply want to seize territory.

65.   The Tajik Defense Ministry confirmed fighting in Tavildara, saying that Islamic rebels there were trying to seize more territory.

66.   The Tutsi-dominated government entered Congo to fight them, but Congo accuses Rwanda of seeking to seize territory.

67.   The United Nations, human rights organizations and some Western governments have charged that Croats killed civilians and torched houses after they seized Serb territory.

68.   A pro-Iranian Shiite faction Sunday rushed fresh troops to protect its stronghold north of Kabul, as the Taliban militia continued to seize more territory in Afghanistan.

69.   The Taliban seized territory in the northwest of the country in its first battle with Uzbek warlord General Abdul Rashid Dostam.