1.   In it Hart plays a British factory worker who joins the international brigades fighting Franco during the Spanish Civil War.

2.   The international brigades soon after were withdrawn from Spain by international agreement.

3.   There is no doubt, however, that the international brigades were organized by the communists and many of the volunteers were indeed communists.

4.   They are the thousands of young fighters in international brigades going off to Afghanistan and Kashmir, Bosnia and Chechnya, to fight in the name of Allah.

5.   This dashing international brigade brought a bounty of romantic opportunity to the hardy, clean-cut young farm women who lived in the region.

6.   Today left and right are reconciled in Spain under a constitutional monarchy, and a few years back aging veterans of the international brigade returned for a reunion.

7.   Last week, Environment Minister Yeo Cheow Toong said only an international firefighting brigade can save Southeast Asia from another haze.