11.   Outside, the fighting raged on.

12.   Street fighting raged across the West Bank and Gaza Strip on Wednesday, one of the deadliest days in the past seven weeks.

13.   The Bush administration has been reluctantly dragged into the Mideast conflict as the fighting has raged and both sides have become increasingly rigid in their positions.

14.   The heaviest fighting raged in the Jenin refugee camp, a militant stronghold where hundreds of gunmen were holed up.

15.   The fighting has raged since Saturday night, though Agence France-Presse reported that the gunfire had ceased by the end of Tuesday.

16.   They huddled in a pitch-black cellar as the fighting raged overhead.

17.   A fierce fighting has raged for weeks in Kaksar, where soldiers have faced fierce resistance.

18.   As heavy fighting raged in Mogadishu, the all-powerful Muslim clergy in the northern part of the city Sunday declared a jihad against Gen. Mohammed Farah Aidid.

19.   As the fighting raged, the government claimed it was carefully planning and embarking upon a course of action to counter the rebels.

20.   As the fighting raged north of Kabul, the U.N. special envoy Norbert Holl held more talks with the new Taliban rulers in the capital.