31.   The fighting near the capital broke out Saturday night after a lull of almost three months.

32.   The international community has urged both sides to find a way to stop the fighting near the cease-fire line that divides Kashmir between the two nuclear-armed neighbors.

33.   The fighting near Celic erupted when Muslim refugees moved into a now Serb-controlled village in the separation zone.

34.   The fighting near Celic, in the north of the country, left one person dead and at least four wounded.

35.   The Israeli military had no immediate comment on the fighting near Manger Square and the shooting on the Star Hotel.

36.   The Pentagon said a U.S. soldier was wounded in the fighting near Kandahar Tuesday.

37.   The press service of the Russian government reported heavy fighting near the town of Argun, nine miles east of Grozny.

38.   The Serb-held town of Okucani was the focal point of the fighting near the road today.

39.   The Shiite Hezbollah group said one of its guerrillas was killed in the fighting near the port of Tyre.

40.   The source said the fighting near the border last week was between two rival Somali factions, and did not involve Ethiopian forces.