71.   Russian warplanes launched air strikes against rebel positions in the suburbs of Grozny, ITAR-TASS news agency reported.

72.   Russian warplanes launched massive air raids on all mountain villages around Shatoi in Chechnya overnight, an AFP correspondent reported.

73.   Russian warplanes launched massive air raids on mountain villages in southeast Chechnya overnight as an offensive against separatist rebels continued and the guerrillas made a new appeal for peace.

74.   Russian warplanes launched several air raids overnight against Chechen forces still holding out in their battered former stronghold, Shali, south of the capital of the breakaway republic.

75.   Taliban warplanes have launched bombing raids against forces from the ousted Afghan government who recaptured a key strategic town from the fundamentalist militia, sources said Wednesday.