71.   The Russian army launched a concerted attack on the Chechnya capital Grozny from three directions on Wednesday after bloody bombing raids that destroyed an orphanage.

72.   Israeli-built Kfir supersonic jets carried out bombing raids against suspected LTTE positions while artillery was also used to neutralise rebel concentrations, officials said.

73.   It was the second straight day of bombing raids inside Bosnian territory launched from neighbouring Croatia.

74.   Silajdzic said the explosion was a signal that the Bosnian Serbs were taking advantage of the decision to temporarily suspend NATO bombing raids against Serb military installations.

75.   The Ausaf editor said that when he met bin Laden in early November the al-Qaeda leader acknowledged he could die in US bombing raids.