31.   In the countryside, aid workers, diplomatic and military sources said fighting continued on central and northern fronts.

32.   International relief agencies say fighting and lack of funds are preventing them from reaching the worst-hit areas.

33.   International relief agencies say fighting and lack of funds prevent them from reaching the worst-hit areas.

34.   Iraqi opposition groups in London have said fighting has flared again there in recent months, and that Ibrahim even commanded some units sent to fight the rebels.

35.   IRC spokeswoman Francoise Zambelini said fighting in the countryside around the government-held city made it impossible to fly aid into Huambo.

36.   Iraqi opposition groups in London have said fighting has flared again there in recent months.

37.   ITAR-Tass said fighting broke out for the fourth straight day Wednesday morning, but the government side beat back the rebel assault.

38.   Kessler said fighting broke out Monday at Gueckedou and that Liberian and Sierra Leonean refugees were streaming into Nyaedou from camps to the southwest.

39.   Like Al Badr, the group Lashkar-e-Tayyab said fighting would continue.

40.   Marine commander Brig. Gen. Rene Cardones said fighting broke out early Saturday in Siocon town.