61.  The US has expressed deep concern over the massing of rival forces at their common border.

62.  Two northern tanks were destroyed as rival forces fought near the airport, a southern military official told AFP.

63.  This southern bastion echoed to the thunder of artillery on Wednesday as fighting between rival Yemeni forces moved markedly closer, an AFP correspondent reported.

64.  Troops loyal to Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani were firmly in control of Kabul University and adjacent areas Saturday after repulsing advances by rival forces, frontline soldiers said.

65.  While Kabul remained calm, the sound of artillery gunfire from the rival forces could be be heard in southwest districts of the city.

66.  Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed warned Wednesday that Arab countries and others could recognise the breakaway Yemeni state if rival forces ignore ceasefire calls.

67.  Moslem and Croat authorities have yet to agree a common text for the bill to join their formerly rival forces.

68.  Northern leaders rejected late Friday a southern ceasefire plan to end fighting which has opposed rival forces for the past nine days, an official spokesman told AFP.

69.  Rival forces fought heavy street battles in the old town, terrifying hundreds of thousands of trapped civilians, witnesses said.

70.  Rival forces fought heavy street battles in the old town, terrifying hundreds of thousands of trapped civilians.