11.   Civilians continued to stream out of the city on Wednesday, although their numbers diminished by evening as the deadline for the threatened attack approached.

12.   Human rights groups have criticized the U.N. refugee agency for helping the refugees return to a country where fighting continues and Hutu civilians continue to die.

13.   Iraqi civilians will continue to suffer under the latest U.N. Security Council resolution, the top U.N. official in Iraq said Wednesday in explaining why he quit.

14.   U.N. officials said Tuesday they would try to ensure civilians could continue using the airport, but added that would be difficult and they were critically short of fuel.

15.   Ugandan military officials have claimed that they gained control of the situation, but civilians have continued to flee.

16.   Civilians continue to fall victim to the rival factions and crime gangs vying for power and influence in a country still haunted by the spectre of famine.