1. Israel responded to the fighting by moving troops into its self-declared security zone in southern Lebanon and launching artillery attacks on the Shia battle-grounds. 2. But fighting in northern Kurdistan continues, as well as low-intensity fighting by Shiites in the south against the military. 3. On Monday in Moscow he and Yeltsin quickly signed a treaty to end the fighting by the end of the month. 4. Rebel leaders say the Tajik army and Russian border guards provoked the fighting by moving hundreds of troops into the mountains in violation of the cease-fire. 5. Bosnian Serbs have been joined in the fighting by Serbs from neighboring Croatia and renegade Muslims under warlord Fikret Abdic. 6. But with Serb opposition grounding plans to restart talks on a long-shelved peace plan, new fighting by spring is likely. 7. Each country has accused the other of starting the fighting by crossing into its territory. 8. He accused police snipers of provoking recent fighting by firing first on anyone who moved. 9. He also said Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic was trying to drag Albania into the fighting by violating its borders. 10. He said residents had instigated the fighting by taking shots at police from inside their high-rise apartments after police tried to clear roadblocks in the area. |