1.   Kabul residents told news organizations that they heard the sound of helicopter gunships during the predawn attack on the hotel.

2.   Police said damage was significant in both predawn attacks.

3.   Armed men launched predawn attacks Friday on government offices, including the Defense Ministry and a military barracks on the outskirts of the capital.

4.   Earlier Friday, predawn attacks on Kabul ushered in a sixth day of raids against Afghanistan.

5.   Five policemen were killed Saturday in a predawn attack on a police checkpoint in the violence-torn Caucasus region of Russia, the Interior Ministry said.

6.   In a second predawn attack Saturday, people armed with machetes and knives broke into another bureau and burned boxes with stationary materials, but no voting papers.

7.   Mrs. Rahmy was reported to have videotaped the predawn attack on the party headquarters.

8.   News broadcasts showed pictures of the victims where they had fallen in the predawn attack.

9.   The incident was the lead story on the nightly news broadcasts, which showed the victims where they had fallen in the predawn attack.

10.   The predawn attacks followed a hiatus in the U.S.-led campaign against the ruling Taliban militia for Friday, the Muslim holy day.