11.   In placing the blame squarely on Hamas, the Palestinian authority accuses it of endangering civilians in the neighborhood.

12.   Only days ago, Israel declared that its forces would avoid operations that might endanger civilians and that it would refrain from firing on U.N. positions under any circumstances.

13.   The U.S. says the Taliban has endangered civilians by putting troops and equipment in residential areas and near mosques and hospitals.

14.   The XFL players will satisfy their violent needs on the field and not have to endanger civilians.

15.   Warnings that Russia must stop indiscriminate assaults endangering civilians also have accelerated in recent days in Germany, France and eastern Europe.

16.   Wednesday night, a Russian spokesman said the military could not shell the militants in the town without endangering the civilians.

17.   Ankara defended its actions and rejected charges it was endangering civilians.

18.   Another worry is whether traffickers will use guerrilla-style attacks to provoke soldiers into open battles in the densely populated shantytowns, endangering civilians.

19.   British troops in Banja Luka saw Karadzic last week, but said it would have endangered civilians to attempt to detain him.

20.   In both attacks NATO troops did not return fire because they were in an urban area and did not want to endanger civilians.