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Reports on the actions of Chechen rebels as they upheld their pledges to avenge the death of separatist leader Dzhokhar Dudayev. How Chechen rebels attacked a police station in Argun, east of Grozny; Insight on the kidnapping of two humanitarian aid workers.

Reports that Central African Republic's leader, President Ange-Felix Patasse, agreed to amnesty demands from mutinous troops who called off a three-day pay revolt on April 21, 1996. Comments from Sergeant Ceriac Soki, a spokesman for the mutinous troops.

Opinion. Questions the reasons for the lack of help exhibited by countries for Liberia. Exclusion of America and other nations in the peace agreement signed between warring factions; Rejection of a $110 million by international donors to rebuild Liberia; How this contrasts with the help that was approved for Bosnia; What the achievement of peace in the region is a question of.

Reports on the political impact of the war in Chechnya on Russian President Boris Yeltsin. Comments from Boris Yeltsin; Information on United States' reluctance to attack Yeltsin; U.S. President Bill Clinton's stance on issue; Information on the killing of 26 Russian servicemen.

Reports that the Liberian cease fire came to an end on April 13 1996, as rocket attacks were made on the capital. Role of peacekeeping force ECOMOG in attempting to enforce cease-fire agreement brokered by Ghana; Comments from General Philip Kamah, chief of staff of Armed Forces of Liberia; Details on the fighting in Monrovia; Role of United States troops in activities.

Reports that looting and shooting subsided in Monrovia on April 12 1996, as African and international diplomats made an appeal for the implementation of a ceasefire to halt chaos in Liberia. Residents' warning that the situation in Liberia was still fragile.

Opinion. Reports that President Boris Yeltsin's secret plan to solve Chechnya's conflict is destined to fail. Information on Yeltsin's plan; Why author considers it a failure.

Presents information on the bombing of a Chechen village by Russian forces three days after Russian President Boris Yeltsin announced his peace plan for breakaway region of Chechnya. Number of persons killed and injured; Details on the village which was bombed; Destruction done to the village; Denial by Lieutenant General Vyacheslav Tikhomirov, the commander of Russian forces in Chechnya.

Reports that Guatemalan rebel leaders of the National Revolutionary Unit guerrilla movement announced a cease-fire. Response from President Alvaro Arzu; When United Nations-mediated peace negotiations to end the civil war are to start.

Presents information on conflict in Chechnya between Russian troops, and Chechen rebels. Attack of Chechen guerrillas; Comments from Russian journalists, and local officials; Russian President Boris Yeltsin's comments on peace plan.

Opinion. Comments on the intensification of fighting in the Chechen area in Russia. Information on combat in Grozny; Reasons behind war; Political cost of war to Russian President Boris Yeltsin; Comments from Yeltsin.

Reports that Chechen rebels stormed into Grozny, Russia engaging Russian troops in firefights, and and other related terrorist acts. Description of incidents; How Russian forces counteracted against Chechen rebels.

Reports that a peace accord brought 20 years of civil war in Angola to an official end, but the cease fire is riddled with bullet holes. Reasons for long delay in disarmament process; Record of the number of persons killed in civil war. INSET: 21 years of strife..

Reports that at least eight civilians were killed in Guinea, when soldiers demanding back pay, and the firing of defense minister Colonel Abdourahmane Diallo, went on a shooting rampage. Soldiers' allegation that Diallo denied them raises and promotions; President Lansana Conte's request of talks with the soldiers.

Reports that refugee women in Tuzla protested by stoning cars, and blocking roads, in their demand of more action to trace their missing male relatives. Circumstances under which the men disappeared; Vandalism of the offices of the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Reports that Russian troops launched a massive artillery, and rocket barrage, aimed at pulverizing buildings and crushing rebel resistance in the southern Russian village of Pervomayskoye. Reason for bombardment; Humiliating efforts by Moscow to subdue Chechens; Actions by Chechen commandos.

Reports that over 100 civilians from a port in southwestern Liberia, are being evacuated by ships of an African peacekeeping force, because of an outbreak of attacks by guerrillas in the West African country. Persons involved in the fighting; Description of the attacks.

Reports that Chechen separatist rebels seized the local hospital and maternity ward in Kizlyar, Russia taking 2,000 civilian hostages. Information on rebels' demands and subsequent release of majority of the hostages; How attack could affect Boris Yeltsin's re-election; Outline of Russia-Chechen conflicts. INSET: Chechens and Russians..

Reports on the end of a week of fierce battles between rebels and Russian troops in the city of Gudermes in Chechnia in December 1996. Casualties; Rebels' efforts to disrupt the December 17, 1995 elections in Chechen.

Presents information on the situation in Chechnya, on the first anniversary of the war between Chechnya and Russia from the point of view of the author. Estimated number killed; Comments from President Boris Yeltsin; Question as to how Russia was caught off guard; Situation in Chechnya before war.

Reports on a gun battle in Lebanon which resulted in the death of guerrillas, and an Israeli soldier. Who claimed responsibility for fighting; Firing on guerrilla hideouts.

Presents information on the 1980 massacre in Kwangju, South Korea. Description of massacre; Recollections of persons directly involved; Arrest of two former generals in relation to massacre; Defense presented by United States State Department; Detailed description of massacre.

Reports on the decision of US President Bill Clinton to visit as scheduled to Northern Ireland at the end of November 1995. Detail on the problems prevailing in the province; Negotiation talks between the province and British government; Attempts made by Clinton to restore peace in the province.

Reports the allegation by Sudan to Uganda of launching a cross border attack and supporting the southern Sudanese rebels. Attack of Uganda at the southern Sudanese town of Parajok; Capture of Parajok by rebel People's Liberation Army, as reported by Kenya.

Reports the Sri Lankan government's military operation against rebels and its advancement towards rebel stronghold of Jaffna in Sri Lanka. Statistics of toll on both the sides.

Informs of the killing of 36 villagers near the villages of Thamannagama and Kebithigolewa in Sri Lanka on October 26, 1995 by Tamil Tiger guerrillas.

Reports on the arrest of Fernando Yanez Munoz, key Zapatista rebel leader in Mexico City as reported on October 24, 1995. Motive of the rebel leader.

Informs that the peace talks held between Mexico Government and Zapatista rebel representatives to discuss the rebellion in the southern state of Chiapas ended ahead of its schedule. Decision of Government and Zapatista National Liberation Army to restart negotiations; Details.

Reports on the attacks made by Tamil rebels on civilians by exploding storage tanks in Sri Lanka. Casualties caused by the explosion; Reasons for the attack.

Reports on the developments that has occurred in Somalia as on 1995 after the end of the civil war. Economic improvements among its people and the country as a whole; Prevalence of political instability in the country and its implications; Note on the reasons for the civil war and the factors that led to its culmination.

Reports on the terrorist bomb explosion in a crowded commuter train in Paris on October 17, 1995 thereby intensifying the impact of the civil unrest in Algeria. Resemblance of the attack with a series of explosion pattern set by the Armed Islamic Group, the Algerian Muslim fundamentalist, in France.

Reports on six Israeli soldiers killed in an armored vehicle by Muslim guerrilla group called Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. Remarks by Israeli defense personnel; Brief on role of Syria in Hezbollah activities.

Informs about a refugee exodus from Kabul, Afghanistan, due to attack of Afghan government jets and helicopters against Islamic Taliban militiamen, as reported on October 15, 1995. Details of the same.

Informs about peaceful negotiations between Philippines government and rebel terrorist factions on issues relating to amnesty and national reform. Reference to earlier activities of the rebels.

Focuses on the decision of the Chechen rebels to scrap the military accord with Russia. Demand for UN troops and international observers in Chechnya; Factors contributing to their decision; Note on the cease-fire agreement.

Reports on the break in the talks between Russia and Chechen rebels on a schedule for disarmament and troop pullout following a bomb attack on Russia, as reported on October 10, 1995. Decision of Russian authorities to declare state of emergency; Discussions on the same.

Informs about Sierra Leone's armed forces discovery of a link between the exiles based in neighboring guinea and rebels to a foiled plot to topple the military government of Capt. Valentine Strasser, as reported on October 4, 1995.

Informs about the first face-to-face talks between a pro-British, Unionist leader, David Trimble and an Irish prime minister in almost 30 years for obtaining a permanent peace in the British-ruled province in Ireland.

Reports about the condemnation of Britain in the 1988 Gibraltar killing of three unarmed Irish Republican Army members by the European Court of Human Rights on September 27, 1995. Description of the panel; Impact of ruling on Britain; Account of the Gibraltar incident; Previous history of the panel.

Reports on the revolution by the Zapatista National Liberation Army against the Mexican government on the New Years Day 1994 in southern Chiapas state in Mexico. Views of Daniel Vazquez, supporter of the rebel, on the revolution; Detail of the demands made by the rebels; Destruction caused by the army; More information on the same.

Informs about the seizure of the Baidoa, southwestern city of Somalia, by Somali faction leader Mohammed Farah Aideed, as reported on September 18, 1995. Details of the incident.

Reports heavy fighting in western areas of Liberia between the two factions of the ULIMO militia, violating an August 20, 1995 truce accord. Details on a timetable for disarming announced by the West African intervention.

Reports on the agreement between the Mexican government and Indian peasant rebels for comprehensive talks in end the 20-month-old insurgency in southern Chiapas state, as reported on September 12, 1995. Views on the same.

Focuses on the impact of five years of civil war on Liberia and the need to rehabilitate the country following the peace accord brokered by Nigerian and Ghanaian officials in August 1995. Background of the war; Social and economic conditions in Liberia.

Reports on the postponement of a summit by London and Dublin over the Northern Ireland peace process on September 6, 1995. Reasons for postponement; Details on the views from both sides on issues related to it.

Editorial. Reports on efforts to resolve the civil war in Liberia. Information on a peace accord between the chief factional leaders; Views of `outsiders' on the wars; Use of children as soldiers during the wars.

Reports that fighting between forces loyal to Somalia's two most powerful clan leaders Ali Mahdi Mohamed and Mohamed Farah Aideed, resulted in the deaths of 14 people and injuries to over 70 people. Information on the fighting; Rise in conflict between the rival factions.

Reports on the Rwanda's Prime Minister Pierre Rwigema who pledged the ethnic unity of the country in a ceremony at the National Assembly as reported on August 31, 1995. Details on the civil war in Rwanda in 1994.

Reports the anticipated end of civil war in Liberia and the entry of faction leader Charles Taylor in Monrovia, Liberia on August 31, 1995. Details on Liberia's civil war and peace accord signed in Nigeria on August 10, 1995.

Editorial. Talks about the ethnic and political crisis in Rwanda. Concerns about the Hutu refugees in Zaire; Tutsi rulers' good intentions to settle the crisis; United Nations efforts to build a system of justice and peace; International aid agencies' works and goals in Rwanda.