1.   The Russian military said on Wednesday it has retaken all villages held by rebels in Dagestan, the Russian republic between Chechnya and the Caspian Sea.

2.   Then, an Abkhazian official said that its units using artillery and armor had retaken the village.

3.   Hours after the village was retaken by the Serbs, Holbrooke arrived in Belgrade, where he met with Milosevic until early Saturday.

4.   Hours after the village was retaken by the Serbs, Holbrooke arrived in Belgrade, where he began talks with Milosevic aimed at producing a cease-fire.

5.   In northern Ethiopia, officials say their forces have retaken a village the Eritreans claimed after heavy fighting last week.

6.   Solana said the EU and other Western officials were closely watching Macedonian forces as they retake the villages.

7.   The army is said to have retaken another village occupied by the Zapatista rebels, who took control of a number of villages in a show of force.

8.   Witnesses said no one was hurt and the guerrillas slipped into the nearby mountains when soldiers came to retake the village.

9.   Fourteen years have passed since the Shining Path entered the town, eight years since they left and six since the military unit who retook the village abandoned it.

10.   Cambodian troops and fighters from a renegade Khmer Rouge faction has retaken a village overrun by hardline guerrillas last week, officials said Monday.