51.  Israeli forces went on high alert in the north Wednesday, expecting fresh attacks by the Shiite Muslim guerrilla group Hezbollah in south Lebanon, Israel radio said.

52.  It said the decline was due to a recent leftist policy that favors organizational expansion over fresh attacks.

53.  Israel reserves the right to stop the pullback if there are fresh attacks on Israelis by Palestinian militants.

54.  Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin said Monday that he expected Hamas to respond with fresh attacks on Israel in order to recover from the setback of the weekend blast.

55.  Kalima criticized Kabila for launching fresh attacks before peace talks currently being organized in South Africa could begin.

56.  Late Saturday, Yugoslav media reported fresh attacks in the Kosovo towns of Istok, Prizren and Kosovska Mitrovica but gave no details.

57.  Local newspapers in Kashmir said Wednesday they had received a statement from Jaish-e-Mohammed threatening fresh attacks on soldiers and police.

58.  Many shops stayed closed as merchants feared fresh attacks.

59.  Machete-wielding youths kill six people and burn houses in fresh attacks.

60.  Meanwhile, fresh militant attacks and Israeli retaliations in a disputed border area threatened to inflame the Mideast crisis further.