51.  Meanwhile, Russian forces bombed rebels on a second front in Dagestan, the Novolakskoye region, close to the border with breakaway Chechnya.

52.  Most of the fighting has been in or around Kabul, but in recent weeks a second front has opened in western Afghanistan.

53.  On a second front, Clinton and Yeltsin will commit their countries to share early warning data on launches of ballistic missiles and space launch vehicles.

54.  Opening a second front would be reckless.

55.  Several weeks ago a second front opened in western Badghis province and international aid workers expressed worries that civilians seemed to be targeted because of their ethnic origins.

56.  Tamil Tiger rebels were in retreat from the northern Jaffna Peninsula Tuesday, but stepped up their attacks on military outposts in the second battle front in the east.

57.  The attack carried out by Hezbollah gunmen late Sunday raised the possibility of a second front in the Arab-Israeli conflict.

58.  The Bosnian Serb news agency SRNA reported intensified government artillery and infantry attacks close to a second front in central Bosnia, around Mount Vlasic.

59.  The military has reported large numbers of rebel fighters moving into the east, taking advantage of a lull in the north to launch attacks on the second front.

60.  The major battlefield has been north of Kabul, but in recent weeks a second front in western Afghanistan has opened up.