31.   Palestinian officials maintain the Israeli measures are hampering their ability to fight the militants and strengthening the support of Hamas and its sister groups.

32.   Palestinians have said the Israeli sanctions are hampering their ability to fight the militants.

33.   Saturday, Arafat said he would do everything in his power to fight militants and curb terrorism.

34.   Serb sources said police were fighting the militants to regain full control over the vital Pristina-Pec road, running from the capital west towards the Albanian border.

35.   Serb villagers reportedly joined the police in fighting Albanian militants Sunday outside the town of Klina, near the east-west artery.

36.   Sharon said he would continue to ease restrictions on the population of the West Bank and Gaza, while fighting the militants.

37.   State officials said they called in the army Wednesday to fight militants.

38.   The government argues it needs the law to fight Muslim militants.

39.   The government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also charges that the Palestinian Authority is not doing enough to fight militants.

40.   The government says it needs the laws to fight Muslim militants.