71.   Police checkpoints bar them from moving north toward Belgrade.

72.   A group of attackers fired automatic rifles and grenade launchers at a police checkpoint, and the officers returned fire, the reports said.

73.   A few police checkpoints continue operating near strongholds of the ethnic Albanian guerrilla movement, the Kosovo Liberation Army, and police vehicles still regularly patrol some regions.

74.   A Russian police checkpoint in southern Russia was attacked by gunmen from breakaway Chechnya on Friday, the third attack in as many days in the volatile region.

75.   A police checkpoint in North Ossetia was attacked with grenades and gunfire on Thursday night but no one was hurt, ITAR-Tass said.

76.   A police checkpoint in North Ossetia was attacked with grenades and gunfire on Thursday night but no one was hurt, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported.

77.   A Russian police checkpoint in southern Russia was attacked by gunmen from the breakaway Chechya on Friday, the third attack in as many days in the volatile region.

78.   A shell slammed Saturday into a Slav neighborhood near a police checkpoint, injuring four civilians.

79.   A Muslim teen-ager was killed after running a Croat police checkpoint, a Croat policemen was shot dead, and two Muslim policemen were wounded.

80.   A police checkpoint in the Caucasus republic of North Ossetia was attacked with grenades and gunfire but no one was hurt, a news agency reported Friday.