71.   Tajik government troops and opposition militants on Monday began withdrawing from a town where they fought each other in a bloody battle two weeks ago.

72.   That alliance quickly soured, and hundreds of Taliban soldiers were killed in bloody battles that erupted across the north.

73.   The bloody battle for the Chechen capital eased Wednesday as the Russian and rebel commanders told their troops to hold their fire and the two sides exchanged wounded fighters.

74.   The column engaged in a bloody battle at the strategic village Khankala the day before.

75.   The divisions regularly flare into bloody battles.

76.   The military expects a bloody battle as the troops enter Jaffna which has been the rebel headquarters for the last five years.

77.   The move set off a massive uprising in the streets that swept Gbagbo into the presidency, but quickly turned into bloody battles between supporters of Gbagbo and Ouattara.

78.   The military expects a bloody battle as the troops enter Jaffna, which has been the rebel headquarters for five years.

79.   The northern alliance took prisoners last week after a bloody battle with the Taliban in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif.

80.   The United States took control after winning a bloody battle to occupy it in the closing days of World War II.