1.   By early evening, police had pushed demonstrators back from sections of breached fence and the clashes had subsided.

2.   Sharon and his close aides have said that direct dialogue with the Palestinian leadership will not resume until rioting and armed clashes subside for a sustained period.

3.   But an Israeli general said it would take a few days to see if the clashes had truly subsided.

4.   Clashes subsided overnight as marauding bands set autos ablaze and ransacked shops and a downtown restaurant.

5.   Clashes there subsided last spring after NATO allowed Serbian security troops to return to the buffer zone bordering Kosovo.

6.   Later Monday, after the clashes subsided, the government said it ordered milling companies to scrap the corn meal price rise.

7.   No serious injuries were reported, the clash quickly subsided and demonstrators later dispersed peacefully.

8.   No serious injuries were reported and the clash quickly subsided.

9.   The ethnic clashes have subsided.

10.   The United Nations said the clashes subsided around noon.