1.   It was the worst fighting since the multinational force landed in December to end anarchy.

2.   Eight Americans and three Afghan allies have been killed in the fighting since Saturday.

3.   Gen. Tommy Franks, who heads the war operation in Afghanistan, said the fighting since Friday has been fierce.

4.   The groups, especially the Ijaw and Itsekiri, have been fighting intensely since fall over land claims and the location of a local government.

5.   Only the northwestern area around the government-held town of Bihac has seen persistent fighting since the cease-fire.

6.   Peace talks the following spring faltered, but there has been no fighting since.

7.   Aside from minor skirmishes, there has been no fighting since then.

8.   Aside from a couple of minor skirmishes, there has been no fighting since then, but the problems remain unresolved.

9.   Brazzaville was shaken Sunday by the most intense fighting since President Pascal Lissouba and his rival, Gen. Denis Sassou-Nguesso, called a shaky cease-fire on Wednesday.

10.   But heavy fighting since Monday has shattered that truce.