1.   Russian forces announced their offensive Saturday, as special forces troops and pro-Moscow Chechen militia entered the city on four sides, supported by heavy artillery fire.

2.   Shagidze said that from the Russian post, he watched the militia enter the Antilava house.

3.   Then the militia entered and hacked the survivors with machetes.

4.   Abdullah, who uses one name only, said an anti-Taliban commander had been bribed to allow the religious militia to enter the city.

5.   Croatian military sources claimed Croatian soldiers and Bosnian Croat militias were entering the town Tuesday afternoon.

6.   Croatian military sources claimed regular Croatian soldiers and Bosnian Croat militias were entering the town Tuesday afternoon.

7.   During the attack, Israeli troops encircled Muslim West Beirut and allowed the Christian militias to enter the camps.

8.   Then the militia entered and salvaged valuables before burning the houses.

9.   Fighting is intensifying around Kabul as the Taliban militia enters suburban areas.

10.   Hutu militias entered the fray, with the army responding with mortar fire and volleys from heavy machine-guns mounted atop armoured personnel carriers.