1.   Many civilians fled in terror.

2.   In the early stages, the government refused to allow relief convoys to go to many areas where civilians were fleeing.

3.   Kandahar remained firmly in the hands of the Taliban on Monday night, though travelers from the city said most civilians had fled.

4.   Reuters reported Monday night that Kashmir civilians were fleeing from the disputed border because of the growing military fire.

5.   The bombing lull seemed intended to allow more civilians to flee Grozny, which is described as a city in ruins.

6.   The Russian government has said it would leave open a southern corridor to permit civilians to flee the fighting.

7.   Virtually everyone predicts that Serbian civilians will flee Kosovo as their troops and police forces leave, swamping Serbia with a new wave of refugees.

8.   Panicked civilians fled down the road leading toward the nearby town of Stimlje.

9.   Panicking civilians fled the streets of Freetown on Friday after fighting broke out between West African peacekeepers and junta forces on the edge of the city.

10.   Poised for a threatened all-out assault on separatist fighters, Russian troops attacked the main route out of the Chechen capital on Tuesday as panicked civilians fled.