1.   For two years, neighboring Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan have been fighting Islamic militants, apparently trained in Afghanistan, who want to create a fundamentalist state.

2.   He fought the militants, but lost.

3.   Nor was it the predictable calls by opposition politicians for an end to negotiations and a more aggressive approach to fighting Islamic militants.

4.   Russia says it is fighting Islamic militants who invaded a neighboring region last summer and whom Moscow blames for a series of deadly bombing attacks in September.

5.   Russian forces pummeled the town with artillery and then fought the militants for control of the destroyed village.

6.   Palestinian police fought Muslim militants Friday during an attempt to arrest a fugitive gunman, witnesses said.

7.   Palestinians have said the Israeli measures imposed after the attack are hampering their ability to fight the militants.

8.   Abkhazian officials, whose forces fought the militants, have said earlier that Gelayev was wounded and undergoing treatment in Georgia.

9.   Bazak said Albright agreed with Israel that Arafat is not yet doing enough to fight the militants.

10.   But Akayev has increasingly suppressed dissent in recent years, government troops have fought Islamic militants in the remote south, and most Kyrgyz remain impoverished.