21.   The government army battled renegade Muslims for control of a northwestern town Friday and dug in elsewhere in the region to protect recent gains from an anticipated Serb onslaught.

22.   The Muslim-led government army battled to keep the country together.

23.   The Rwandan army is battling pockets of extremist Hutus intent on destabilizing the government.

24.   The Sierra Leone army has been battling with a militia known as Kamajors in the Kenema area.

25.   The Taliban army also is battling its enemies in western and northern Afghanistan.

26.   The Taliban army is battling a northern alliance, which calls itself the National Islamic Front for the Preservation of Afghanistan.

27.   The Taliban army is battling a northern-based alliance, led by former military chief Ahmed Shah Massood and Uzbek warrior Malik Pahlawan.

28.   The Turkish army has been battling a bloody Kurdish rebellion in its eastern provinces for the past decade.

29.   Tutsi-dominated army battles Hutu rebels for third day.

30.   With ethnic violence escalating in Central Africa, regional leaders on Saturday sought to end the bloodletting in Burundi where the Tutsi-led army is battling Hutu rebels.