71.   At the time, Russian troops were battling to drive Chechen secessionist rebels out of Grozny.

72.   Earlier Tuesday, a spokesman for Zairean Prime Minister Likulia Bolongo said government troops were battling rebels at the town.

73.   The sound of heavy gunfire was heard in northern Grozny early Thursday as Russian troops battled Chechen separatists.

74.   Thirsty, hungry and exhausted, the refugees fled their camps in the Uvira region in eastern Zaire where Zairean troops are battling rebel Tutsis known as Banyamulenge.

75.   Kinshasa has accused Rwandan soldiers of invading its territory, where Zairean troops have been battling rebel ethnic Tutsis known as Banyamulenge since early September.

76.   Nigerian and Cameroonian troops battled each other, at the cost of several casualties, on the Bakassi peninsula, Nigerian defence ministry spokesman Colonel Godwin Ugbo said Monday.

77.   On Monday evening the Dutch troops battled with Bosnian Serb infantry as they moved towards the town.

78.   Russian troops Thursday battled separatist guerrillas in the centre of the devastated Chechen capital Grozny for a second day with armour, grenade launchers and small arms.

79.   Rwandan Hutu refugees Sunday accused Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda of fomenting trouble in the Uvira region of eastern Zaire, where Zairean troops are battling armed Tutsi groups.

80.   Sri Lankan troops are currently battling separatist Tamil Tiger guerrillas in the northern and eastern parts of the country.