71.   Simultaneously, separatists were carrying out a major offensive on the Chechen capital Grozny, inflicting heavy losses on Russian troops, before the Chechens withdrew from the city.

72.   SKorean operations inflict loss on Singapore computer-maker IPC Corp.

73.   Sri Lanka Wednesday announced plans to boost defence spending as Tamil Tiger rebels escalated their separatist war by inflicting heavy losses on the security forces.

74.   The Croatian news agency HINA reported Croat forces had captured a dozen villages from Serbs, inflicting heavy losses.

75.   The defence ministry in Sanaa said northern forces were advancing and had inflicted heavy losses on a rival armoured brigade.

76.   The LTTE had maintained an elite unit called Sea Tigers which inflicted heavy losses on the navy.