21.   Russian officials lashed out at news coverage of the fighting on Thursday, accusing reporters of publishing military secrets and endangering the lives of Russian soldiers.

22.   Rose said on Monday that he might have to call for a NATO raid against Bosnian government forces, whom he blamed for provoking the fighting on Sunday.

23.   Seven Americans were killed in the fighting on Monday, but Rumsfeld and Franks cautioned Wednesday that the exact circumstances of their deaths were still unclear.

24.   Streams of residents were fleeing the fighting on foot.

25.   The Afghan resistance groups were to do the main fighting on the ground.

26.   The fighting on Friday was fierce, with the government using helicopters, tanks and multiple rocket launchers.

27.   The fighting on Thursday brings to light the complicated nature of the conflict in eastern Zaire.

28.   The fighting on Saturday was quickly over.

29.   The result was a rout of Taliban, and fresh fighting on several fronts.

30.   The stepped-up American role in the fighting also comes after a column of Afghan allies was bloodied in heavy fighting on Saturday and forced to regroup.