21.   Fighting began when Rwanda, Uganda and later Burundi backed Congolese rebels who sought to oust then-President Laurent Kabila.

22.   Fighting began when the military-backed government canceled elections that the Islamic Salvation Front, known by its French initials FIS, was poised to win.

23.   Fighting in Kosovo began a year ago when Milosevic sent forces to crush a KLA insurrection.

24.   Fighting in Kosovo began a year ago when Milosevic sent forces to crush an insurrection by the secessionist Kosovo Liberation Army.

25.   Fighting began in February, when ethnic Albanian militants took up arms, saying they were battling for more rights.

26.   Fighting in Kosovo began almost a year ago when Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic sent forces to crush a KLA insurrection.

27.   Fighting began as Serb mourners gathered under police escort in the home of Mirko Milosevic, a civilian killed Monday in Bukos by the Kosovo Liberation Army.

28.   Fighting began Sunday when troops and tanks advanced from Palali camp, the largest government military base on the front line in Jaffna Peninsula.

29.   Fighting began Sunday when troops, backed by tanks, advanced from Palali camp, the largest military base on the front line in Jaffna Peninsula.

30.   Fighting began Thursday when six men were found dead near the camp, said UNHCR spokesman, Peter Kessler, in Nairobi.