101.   Even fierce fighting in Kunduz to the north and Kandahar in the south, both Taliban strongholds that have yet to fall, has not dampened their optimism.

102.   Even more remote, it seems, is the possibility that such recognition could achieve what the weary diplomats hope for -- an end to the fighting in Bosnia.

103.   Experts acknowledge that the fighting in Afghanistan is likely to be merely an opening skirmish in a long and uncertain war on terrorism.

104.   Fazul had promised to end the fighting in Kunduz and hand over the Taliban weapons.

105.   Fierce fighting in southern Colombia has halted commerce and made hundreds of people seek refuge in Ecuador and elsewhere in Colombia, officials said Wednesday.

106.   Few U.S. reporters are anywhere near the fighting in Afghanistan.

107.   Fighting in Chechnya and the budget-slashing mood of the new Republican majority could derail the effort.

108.   For Ukraine, the fighting in Chechnya has presented a nasty diplomatic situation with Moscow.

109.   Foreign tourists are shunning the country, afraid of flying and of any possible spillover from the fighting in Afghanistan.

110.   Given the continued fighting in the region, it is perhaps unavoidable that reactions to this history are colored by the politics of the day.