31.   The fighting flared late Saturday along the so-called green line that divides northern and southern Mogadishu.

32.   The fighting flared after three people were killed in an attack blamed on Muslim extremist gunmen.

33.   The latest fighting flared after the presidential guard refused to disarm as agreed under the peace pact.

34.   The latest fighting flared after the presidential guard refused to disarm as agreed under the peace accord, which also called for new elections in the fall.

35.   The latest fighting flared after the presidential guard refused to disarm as agreed.

36.   The latest fighting flared after the presidential guard refused to disarm as agreed under the peace accord.

37.   The new fighting flared as representatives of the two Kurdish factions were in London for a U.S.-sponsored effort to end their rivalry.

38.   Thursday was the first time fighting had flared in the Assab area.

39.   U.N. officials Wednesday said the northwest Bihac region was generally calm, but noted troop movements that signaled more fighting could flare.

40.   Heavy fighting briefly flared around the Serb-held railway station at Rajlovac in the west of the city, UN spokesman Major Guy Vinet said.