1.   The rebels rarely clashed with the army.

2.   A three-month truce ended Sunday in the former Portuguese colony when rebels clashed with government troops near the presidential palace in Bissau.

3.   At least nine people were killed when government troops and Tamil Tiger rebels clashed in two incidents, the military said Sunday.

4.   Islamic rebels clashed with government troops Monday in the mountains of central Tajikistan, while the president appeared to have ended an insurgency in the south of the country.

5.   Late Wednesday, the rebels reportedly clashed with federal soldiers and seized more hostages.

6.   Of particular concern is the rising violence in Kosovo and in southern Serbia, where ethnic Albanian rebels have clashed with Serb security forces.

7.   Rebels also clashed with a federal reconnaissance group in the Kurchaloi region in southeast Chechnya, killing three soldiers and wounding another two.

8.   Rebels also clashed with riot police near the village of Kurchaloi.

9.   Rebels clashed with a military reconnaissance unit in the Nozhai-Yurt village, wounding one serviceman.

10.   Rebels clashed with riot police near the village of Goity, the official said.