61.   Troops had battled rebels pinned in the Bissau garrison throughout the week, reportedly trapping dozens of children in downtown areas decimated by shelling.

62.   Troops battle to retake towns seized by rebels in a weeklong uprising.

63.   U.S. troops battled al-Qaida and Taliban forces in the same area last month during Operation Anaconda.

64.   Witnesses said the rockets came from the hills to the south of the city, where government troops are battling Taliban rebels.

65.   Yugoslav army troops on Thursday battled militant Kosovo Albanians on mountain straddling the border to Albania.

66.   Witnesses said the rockets came from the hills to the south of the city where government troops are battling Taliban rebels.

67.   Yeltsin and Putin also discussed the situation in the southern republic of Dagestan, where Russian troops are battling Islamic militants.

68.   Yugoslav troops battled a large group of ethnic Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army rebels caught trying to smuggle weapons from neighboring Albania, Serb sources in Pristina said.

69.   Zairian troops are battling Zairian Tutsis in the eastern part of the central African nation, according to unconfirmed reports.

70.   Indian troops are battling Moslem separatists in Kashmir.