21.   The Serbs rejected the Rambouillet plan for Kosovo that was drafted before the conflict began.

22.   The violence was the worst in Skopje since the conflict began.

23.   These conflicts may begin with the choice of traditional Christmas cards, secular designs or nonsectarian holiday cards.

24.   After the conflict began, the army raised the number of trucks it hires to ferry supplies to its bases.

25.   After weeks of daily stone-throwing clashes between Palestinian youths and Israeli troops, the conflict has begun to change.

26.   Chirac and Prime Minister Lionel Jospin have both vigorously condemned Belgrade and defended the NATO action since the conflict began.

27.   Cohen was forced to cancel a planned visit to Beijing last year when the Kosovo conflict began.

28.   Ethiopia successfully repelled an Eritrean attempt to recapture the territory where their bloody border conflict began more than a year ago, a senior officer said.

29.   For the first time since the conflict began, no Pakistani artillery shelling was reported Thursday by India.

30.   He has not participated in any peace talks since the conflict began.