21.   As troops reached Achchuveil village, the military said civilians had fled.

22.   As the Croats advanced, Serb civilians fled with their retreating fighters.

23.   Baer said it was not unusual for civilians to flee police in a community damaged by police corruption.

24.   By now, nearly all the civilians have fled to the countryside or across the river to Kinshasa, in neighboring Congo.

25.   Civilians flee.

26.   Civilians were fleeing the fighting, the center said.

27.   Civilians fled Grozny by bus, car and foot Friday.

28.   Civilians fled the town and shuttered shops Wednesday, when fighting erupted.

29.   Civilians fled the town more than a year ago.

30.   Civilians fled the town when fighting heightened two years ago.