11.   The bomb ambush came amid escalating hostilities in the flashpoint region, the last active warfront in the Arab-Israeli conflict.

12.   The escalating hostilities in south Lebanon threatened to boil over into a major military collision.

13.   The clashes capped a week of escalating hostilities in which at least six guerrillas and seven Lebanese civilians have been killed.

14.   The escalating hostilities came on the eve of a visit by U.S. envoy Dennis Ross on Saturday night.

15.   The grounding of the helicopters scuttled a meeting at Naqoura of a five-nation security commission to contain escalating hostilities in the south.

16.   The escalating hostilities of the past few days threatened to boil over into a major military collision.

17.   The government will not borrow money to meet its defense needs for escalating hostilities with Tamil rebels, the deputy finance minister said Wednesday.

18.   The threat of escalating hostilities had again raised the question of the usefulness of continuing the Russian troop presence in Bosnia-Hercegovina, the spokesman added.

19.   One local said the area was being evacuated of Shiite women, as families were afraid of escalating hostilities.

20.   The council is also considering a Russian resolution which calls for reinforcing the safe zones but does contain any concrete measures to end the escalating hostilities around Bihac.