1. It voiced concern that civilians are also beginning to run out of food because they cannot venture out. 2. On Saturday night, when armed civilians began pushing around townsmen celebrating the upcoming return of Aristide, American soldiers waded in to disarm them. 3. Traffic had become so snarled by noon that some civilians began taking matters into their own hands. 4. With fewer soldiers and police officers deployed, civilians began to return to most of the areas that they had fled in the offensive. 5. Civilians then began protesting what they saw as government mismanagement and corruption. 6. Civilians began turning in weapons to police in the rebellious south, the state-run news agency said Tuesday. 7. French soldiers and presidential guards patrolled the streets, and civilians began venturing outside -- many of them to attend church services. 8. Kabila was reportedly in the southern city of Lubumbashi and his overwhelmed government was showing signs of stress as tensions among troops and civilians began to take a toll. 9. Officials have acknowledged that the southern part of Albania is out of their control, but say that some civilians have begun turning in their guns. 10. There were reports some civilians had begun leaving town along the northern route, but U.N. officials said the numbers were small. |