41.   According to Rwandan commanders, the fighting began when Ugandan forces launched a gun and mortar assault on Rwandan positions at the airport late Saturday.

42.   After the fighting began nine years ago, separatist troops drove Azerbaijani government forces out of the enclave and seized some territory in Azerbaijan itself.

43.   All the shops and office buildings in the seaside capital have been looted and most of them destroyed since the fighting began.

44.   After the prison breakout, hundreds of troops, dressed in ceremonial red jackets and black trousers, hit the streets by the truckload, and the fighting began.

45.   All shops and office buildings in the seaside capital have been looted and most of them destroyed since the fighting began.

46.   Among its main points are a total cessation of violence on all sides and withdrawal of Israeli forces to positions they held before the fighting began.

47.   Also Wednesday, a group of Russian diplomats, part of an international observer group in Kosovo, arrived for their first visit since the fighting began.

48.   Americans had been anxiously awaiting evacuation orders since the fighting began on Saturday.

49.   Another soldier at the fort Wednesday said he was on the field when the fighting began and that some of the prisoners were tied.

50.   At least five Ghanian fishermen have been killed since the fighting began.