21.   Riot police armed with shields and guns and electric shock batons joined other police in trying to separate the sides.

22.   Russian peacekeepers are stationed along the borders to separate the sides.

23.   Russian peacekeepers are stationed along the borders to separate the sides, but occasional clashes break out in Abkhazia itself.

24.   Sinden said there was no discussion Monday of a major issue separating the sides, a payroll tax for teams that spend more on salaries than the league average.

25.   Since then, the two sides have been separated by the Russian peacekeeping contingent.

26.   Since then, the two sides have been separated by a Russian peacekeeping contingent.

27.   The bridge separates the sides.

28.   The breakdown is likely to contribute to the tension on the island, where the two sides have been separated by a U.N. buffer zone since the Turkish invasion.

29.   The Mideast violence, punctuated by Palestinian suicide bombings, has injected urgency into the Israeli discussion of how to physically separate the sides.

30.   The sides are presently separated by Russian peacekeepers.