11.   Almost a thousand civilians were killed in the battle.

12.   Although the four did not act in concert, all are accused of collaborating with the Hutu militias as they killed civilians in Butare, in the south.

13.   An Eritrean government statement said Friday that a bombing on Thursday south of the port of Massawa killed a civilian.

14.   American officials dispute that, but acknowledge that civilians have been killed.

15.   An American company wants to sell cluster bombs, which do not discriminate between destroying tanks and killing innocent civilians, to Turkey.

16.   And earlier this month volunteers were evacuated from southern Sudan after reports that pro-Sudanese government militia were raiding villages and killing civilians.

17.   And it said the Northern Alliance was killing civilians and conducting its own executions.

18.   And if a few civilians are killed to facilitate vengeance against terrorists who kill hundreds or thousands, Shear shrugs it off as the price of doing business.

19.   And New York City police officers kill civilians less often than those officers in virtually all other major cities.

20.   And the air campaign in the former Yugoslavia wrecked the Serbian state and killed civilians in Belgrade to save civilians in Kosovo from genocide.