1.   Only a handful of Tutsi families lived in the district, and they ran away when the killings began, neighbors said.

2.   The chief justice expects to begin hearing cases again when the next court session begins in November, his lawyer, Michael Madigan, said Tuesday.

3.   The high court interpreted the Patent Act even more broadly, saying the year begins when inventions that are sufficiently described on paper are put on the market.

4.   Whatever the policy and legislative reactions, western lawmakers said they will begin a public campaign to inform the public and ease any aversion to change.

5.   When the campaign began, Price said, he assumed that Gramm would immediately consolidate the support of economic and social conservatives and present a formidable challenge to Dole.

6.   Abdullah, the al-Qaida fighter arrested Wednesday in Peshawar, fled to Pakistan when the U.S.-led coalition began airstrikes in Afghanistan, officials said.

7.   Christian Becker, who was in class when the shooting began, said he looked out the window and saw Steinhaeuser shoot a teacher point-blank in the parking lot.

8.   Ethiopia successfully repelled an Eritrean attempt to recapture the territory where their bloody border conflict began more than a year ago, a senior officer said.

9.   When the debate began Wednesday, Smarth said that regardless of whether he was censured, simply completing the motion would be a victory for democracy.

10.   When the strike began Friday morning, analysts said a long work interruption could cut supply, putting further pressure on prices for gasoline and heating oil.