11.   The Turks argue that the killings occurred in partisan fighting as the Ottoman Empire collapsed.

12.   People stood in the street in clusters listening to radio reports of the fighting as fighter planes streamed overhead.

13.   Ramirez downplayed the risk of major fighting as the troops hit the jungles.

14.   Abdul Jabbar, an Afghan tribal representative in Pakistan is in contact with commanders at the scene, described the fighting as close combat.

15.   Before it died down this afternoon, U.N. officials characterized the fighting as the worst since a truce expired Monday.

16.   Civilians clustered in the street listened to radio reports of the fighting as fighter planes streamed overhead.

17.   Diplomats cite continued fighting as the reason for withholding aid and say they want proof of lasting peace before they commit more money.

18.   Diplomats point to continued fighting as reasons for withholding aid and say they want proof of lasting peace before they commit more money.

19.   Diplomats point to continued fighting as the reason for withholding aid and say they want proof of lasting peace before they commit more money.

20.   FUNCINPEC officials described the fighting as serious and reported a handful of casualties, while Hun Sen loyalists downplayed the scale of the fighting and the number of casualties.