51.   Many of the rebels, whose hide-outs were located mostly in the areas of Talipao and Patikul, fled shortly before the assault began.

52.   Many shoppers in the crowded market saw smoke and flames coming from the car and fled moments before the main blast.

53.   NEW YORK -- He arrived in New York on an Iraqi passport, masterminded the World Trade Center blast and fled before the smoke had cleared, authorities say.

54.   Officers discharged tear gas under the door of the bathroom where Clairmont had retreated with the boy, prompting the teen to flee before the shooting, Macias said.

55.   No policemen were killed, as they all fled before the attackers.

56.   Passersby who saw this scrambled for the loot and fled before the police arrived.

57.   Scores of government soldiers were killed and many civilians fled before the opposition groups, Hezb-e-Islami and Jumbush-e-Milli, took control.

58.   Some of the hundreds of civilians who fled before the attacks began huddled on tractors and trailers on backroads waiting for the shelling to stop.

59.   Soldiers themselves speak of fleeing before the rebels.

60.   Tens of thousands of Serb civilians have been forced to flee before Croat and Muslim-led Bosnian government forces.