81.   Armored columns advanced toward the Tamil rebel stronghold of Jaffna in the bloodiest day of a two-week-old offensive, the government said Monday.

82.   Army helicopters pounded rebel strongholds in western Nepal, killing hundreds of Maoist guerrillas in overnight air strikes, a government spokesman said Monday.

83.   As the women walked, clouds of dust rose around rebel strongholds shelled by the Russians.

84.   As thousands of troops sealed off the Tamil rebel stronghold of Jaffna city, President Chandrika Kumaratunga on Thursday called for negotiations to end the war.

85.   As government troops prepare to storm the Tamil rebel stronghold of Jaffna, relief agencies in the war zone face mounting accusations that their work is aiding the guerrillas.

86.   As thousands of troops sealed off the Tamil rebel stronghold of Jaffna city, President Chandrika Kumaratunga on Thursday said called for negotiations to end the war.

87.   Armored columns advanced toward the rebel stronghold of Jaffna in the bloodiest day of a two-week offensive, the government said Monday.

88.   At least five more were killed Monday in scattered violence in Karachi neighborhoods, where security forces claimed to have regained control of lawless rebel strongholds.

89.   At least five people were killed Monday in scattered violence in Karachi, where security forces have been battling with ethnic insurgents to regain control of lawless rebel strongholds.

90.   Arshty and Dattykh lie in steep woodland just a few kilometers from Bamut, a rebel stronghold that the Russians have been bombarding for nearly a year.