1.   Only a few years ago, crime seemed to be limited largely to rough neighborhoods where triad gangs battled over turf and drug deals.

2.   Sporadic nightly gunfire from Vidigal and some of the nearby hillside favelas signals a growing danger as drug gangs battle for the prime distribution points that the hillsides represent.

3.   There, the groups flourished, as white gangs battled black inmates for power and turf.

4.   Details were scant, but police spokeswoman Constable Georgia Brown said the fighting had continued overnight since Saturday as gangs battled each other and the police.

5.   During the rebellion, rival gangs battled and with improvised spears known as chucos.

6.   During the rebellion, rival gangs battled and with improvised spears known as chucos killing nine inmates.

7.   Famine was stopped, but gangs were battling outside Mogadishu airport when the advance force of the rescue party arrived Monday.

8.   Gangs are battling each other over turf and control of criminal activities.

9.   Rival gangs battle each other and prey upon professors and students who are not members.

10.   The violence appeared to have abated from its peak Friday and Saturday, when witnesses said gangs were battling in the streets with guns, machetes and clubs.