71.   Fierce fighting raged in the valleys of northern Afghanistan Monday as opposition troops launched a series of attacks on Taliban positions.

72.   Fighting has ebbed in the east in the past two years with the government launching a series of offensives in the north, the main war front.

73.   Gas station workers will walk off the job for three days starting Tuesday, launching a series of transport strikes that threaten to disrupt travel up and down Italy.

74.   Guerrillas launched a series of attacks Saturday against Israeli troops and their militia allies in southern Lebanon, wounding a militiaman, Lebanese security officials said.

75.   Guerrillas launched a series of attacks against Israeli troops and their militia allies in southern Lebanon on Saturday, wounding a militiaman, Lebanese security officials said.

76.   Hezbollah guerrillas launched a series of attacks on Israeli-backed militiamen Saturday in occupied south Lebanon, provoking Israeli air and artillery retaliation.

77.   Hezbollah guerrillas launched a series of attacks against Israeli and allied militia outposts across southern Lebanon Thursday, briefly overrunning one position.

78.   Hezbollah guerrillas launched a series of attacks against Israeli and allied militia outposts across southern Lebanon Thursday, briefly overruning one position.

79.   However, Israel balked when Muslim militants trying to torpedo the peace agreement launched a series of deadly bombings in which dozens of Israelis were killed.

80.   However, further releases were frozen when followers of the Islamic Jihad and Hamas groups last October launched a series of attacks in which dozens of Israelis were killed.