11.   Paihama said there were no reliable figures for the number of casualties since fighting resumed, and ruled out direct talks with the rebels.

12.   But fighting has since resumed between the government and various rebel groups.

13.   But fighting has resumed and hopes for elections and disarmament of rebel factions are fading.

14.   But fighting resumed shortly afterward.

15.   But many expect fighting to resume by spring if a political settlement is not reached.

16.   But he warned that without the Russians as a buffer, fighting could resume between the Georgian forces and the separatists that control Abkhazia.

17.   But two days of talks last week in London ended in a failure, and fighting resumed on Monday.

18.   Dos Santos won the vote but Savimbi cried fraud and fighting resumed later that year.

19.   Ethiopia accepted the formula, but Eritrea had asked for clarifications of some clauses before fighting resumed in February.

20.   Fighting had also resumed briefly in February.