1.   After days of pounding the capital from the skies, teams of Russian snipers entered central buildings in Grozny Sunday and fired on Chechen soldiers throughout the day.

2.   The Chechen capital has been pounded as the Russian military has tried to force the Islamic fighters into submission.

3.   For months Taliban rebels have been pounding the capital with rocket and mortar fire in a bid to drive the government from the city.

4.   He was immensely popular in Sarajevo in February after he arranged the withdrawal of guns pounding the capital through a NATO ultimatum against the Serbs.

5.   He was immensely popular in Sarajevo last February after he arranged the withdrawal of guns pounding the capital through a NATO ultimatum against the Serbs.

6.   In September, the Taliban marched to within the Kabul city limits, where they continue to pound the capital with rocket and mortar fire.

7.   Keith, which was downgraded from hurricane to tropical storm late Monday, hovered just off the Caribbean coast, pounding the capital of this small Central American nation.

8.   Mortars, grenades and machine-gun fire pounded the capital into the evening.

9.   Rivals for power in the Republic of Congo pounded the capital with mortars Friday, despite claims they had accepted a peace plan.

10.   Rose was immensely popular in Sarajevo in February after he arranged the withdrawal of guns pounding the capital through a NATO ultimatum against the Serbs.