1.   As in mountain goats and other animals, fighting occurs only between similarly matched individuals.

2.   Fighting occurs during the rut as males compete for dominance.

3.   The design was based on period research, using pieces of four or five actual towns where fighting occurred in the weeks after D-Day.

4.   Fighting occurred in a mountainous area of the Sirnak province, along the border with northern Iraq where rebels are said to have hideouts.

5.   Fighting has occurred five of the past six days.

6.   Fighting also occurred in the area Tuesday, when government troops attempted to take the Caska mountain pass.

7.   Garang also confirmed reports from Western reporters who have been near the battlefront that little fighting has occurred recently.

8.   Solana said he and Shevardnadze also discussed events in Abkhazia, a breakaway region of Georgia where fighting occurs frequently.

9.   The radio warned civilians living close to the area where fighting occurred in late July and August to leave.