1.   At least three Russian soldiers and nine Chechen rebels were killed in scattered fighting across breakaway Chechnya overnight, news reports said Wednesday.

2.   Earlier, officials said three more people identified as top al-Qaida leaders are believed dead in the fighting across Afghanistan.

3.   Earlier, officials said that three more people identified as top al-Qaida leaders are believed dead in the fighting across Afghanistan.

4.   He confirmed reports by foreign aid workers of heavy fighting across the north.

5.   It was not immediately possible to verify whether Croats from Croatia had joined the fighting just across their border.

6.   Johnson holed up inside the barracks and refused to surrender, sparking a standoff that led to factional fighting across the city.

7.   Johnson holed up inside army barracks in Monrovia and refused to surrender, touching off factional fighting across the city.

8.   Johnson holed up inside the Barclay barracks and refused to surrender, sparking a standoff that led to factional fighting across the city.

9.   Many fear it will provide the spark to ignite new fighting across Kosovo by spring.

10.   The Security Council also called on all parties to refrain from further violence and condemned of recent fighting across the U.N.-drawn boundary between Lebanon and Israel.