1.  Despite rekindled hopes for peace talks in Afghanistan, government jets on Saturday pounded rebel positions south of Kabul during a series of air strikes.

2.  Despite rekindled hopes for peace talks in Afghanistan, government jets Saturday pounded rebel positions south of Kabul.

3.  Despite rekindled hopes for peace talks in Afghanistan, government jets Saturday pounded rebel positions south of Kabul during a series of air strikes.

4.  Government jets bombed rebel positions south of Kabul, repelling fighters from the Taliban militia whose rocketing of a suburb reportedly killed six people, military officials said Wednesday.

5.  Government forces have launched a fresh offensive against rebel positions south of the capital, Brazzaville, an army officer said Monday.

6.  Ivanko said the town had been overrun and the Dutch peacekeepers manning a blocking position south of the town had abandoned their post.

7.  Russian warplanes bombed rebel positions south of Grozny near the village of Serzhen-Yurt.

8.  The Russians reported two violations, including one in which two servicemen were wounded when their position south of Grozny came under fire.

9.  The Taliban retaliated with an attack on government positions south of the capital, Amrullah said.

10.  Three Lebanese army soldiers were wounded in Israeli shelling of the coastal al-Hamra position south of Tyre.