1.   But, around Canada, the sharpest white-Indian clash this year was the Lobster War.

2.   They bear too many scars from that clash a few years back.

3.   A policeman and a suspected Muslim militant were killed in southern Egypt during a gun battle in the first such clash this year, the government said Saturday.

4.   Hundreds have died in clashes this year between Serb forces and rebel ethnic Albanians seeking independence for Kosovo.

5.   Hundreds of people have died in clashes this year between Serb forces and rebel ethnic Albanians seeking independence for Kosovo.

6.   Hundreds of people have been killed in clashes this year.

7.   The Border Guards command in Moscow said nine Russian soldiers have been killed in border clashes this year, not counting the fighting this weekend.

8.   The Border Guards command in Moscow said that nine Russian soldiers have been killed in border clashes this year.

9.   The killings come as India and Pakistan have recently indulged in a fresh round of verbal sparring, while their armies engaged in their worst clashes this year.

10.   Four nuns and five African and Italian priests were also killed in the Great Lakes region during clashes this year.