11.   And their task is increasingly coming under scrutiny as the fighting escalates in Macedonia.

12.   As the fighting escalated, President Chandrika Kumaratunga postponed a visit to Paris by three days.

13.   As the fighting escalated, President Chandrika Kumaratunga postponed a visit to Paris for three days.

14.   But Yugoslav troops have moved back in and the fighting has escalated since the beginning of the year.

15.   But the fighting quickly escalated into guerrilla warfare as Palestinian troops, encouraged by the crowd, returned fire against Israeli troops.

16.   --Fighting has escalated in the Bihac pocket of northwest Bosnia.

17.   He said the fighting would escalate rapidly and that before long the army would have to return to Lebanon under much worse conditions.

18.   In New Delhi, however, Foreign Ministry spokesman Raminder Singh Jassal dismissed concerns the fighting could escalate.

19.   In the absence of peace talks, the fighting has escalated.

20.   Indonesia has long been engaged in a propaganda war with pro-independence groups from East Timor and factional fighting has escalated in recent months.