1.   Belgrade, in a desperate attempt to stanch the rebel advances, has been pounding border villages like Junik with heavy artillery in the last three days.

2.   Chechen officials have repeatedly complained that Russian planes have pounded innocent villages.

3.   Civilians say that Russian gunships and artillery pound their villages, which the government denies.

4.   In recent days, Serb artillery has pounded villages in northern Albania, forcing thousands of residents to flee their homes.

5.   Soviet bombers pounded the village more than once, leaving jagged ruins where mudwalled homes once stood and forcing many villagers to flee to Pakistan and Iran as refugees.

6.   Ashdown said the army was pounding the villages with tanks and mortars.

7.   Defying global outrage over the massacre of civilians, Serb forces pounded villages Monday with tanks and artillery.

8.   For the second straight day, Russian artillery pounded a village on the road to Grozny, the Chechen capital, and jets streaked across the pre-dawn sky.

9.   For the second day in a row, Russian artillery pounded a village on the road to Grozny, the Chechen capital, and jets streaked across the sky.

10.   Israel had pounded Lebanese villages with air and artillery attacks, accusing Hezbollah of launching Katyusha rocket attacks on northern Israeli towns from inside civilian areas.