71.   According to a State Department statement, the United States is also concerned by the mutilation of nine Russian border guards killed in fighting near the Afghan border.

72.   Another firefight broke out in the early evening at a roundabout in south Mogadishu between the militias that had fought near the airport.

73.   Eight civilians have also been reported killed in fighting near Kilinochchi and sporadic clashes elsewhere.

74.   There was also fighting near Mala Kladusa, in the north of the pocket, Janowski said.

75.   Two northern tanks were destroyed as rival forces fought near the airport, a southern military official told AFP.

76.   Wakil said there was little fighting near Charikar.

77.   ITAR-TASS news agency meanwhile said three Russian soldiers had been killed since Saturday in fighting near the southwest town of Bamut.

78.   Several sources have reported several days of fighting near Katoyi and Kibabi, in the Masisi region.

79.   Sources said that rumours of fighting near the camp had been circulating on Saturday, and at least two wounded Zairean soldiers had been taken there.

80.   Sources said that rumours of fighting near the camp were circulating on Saturday, and at least two wounded Zairean soldiers had been taken there.