11.   The fighting has left the Chechen economy in shambles and Maskhadov has said the territory will need to maintain close economic ties with Russia even after independence.

12.   The fighting has left thousands dead and turned tens of thousands of Chechens into refugees.

13.   The fighting leaves smoke rising into the sky and charred corpses in the streets of this northern city.

14.   The fighting left at least five Liberian refugees dead and one critically injured, according to journalists inside the compound.

15.   The fighting left at least six guerrillas dead.

16.   The fighting left Brazzaville a bombed-out shell, largely emptied of civilians and littered with corpses.

17.   The fighting left smoke rising into the sky and charred corpses in the streets.

18.   The fighting left the Korean peninsula in ruins, and the two Koreas are still divided by a heavily militarized border.

19.   The fighting left last-ditch U.S. peace efforts in tatters.

20.   The fighting has left the Palestinian security services in the West Bank partly unable to function, with most installations destroyed in Israeli attacks and officers roaming the streets.