21.   Fighting near Kandahar appeared largely uncoordinated and fast-moving.

22.   Fighting near the Jewish cemetery, a front line southwest of downtown Sarajevo, reverberated in the capital for more than an hour.

23.   Fifty more soldiers were killed in fighting near Paranthan.

24.   Fighting near the stronghold, sporadic since several months after the coup, has heated up recently.

25.   Four people, including a Hutu rebel, were killed in fighting near two camps for Burundians displaced by civil war, sources said Monday.

26.   He reported fighting near the airport Sunday, and added he had heard of heavy fighting to the north, in Kunduz province.

27.   He said there were no reports of fighting near Podujevo, scene of four days of clashes last month.

28.   In a separate incident late Sunday, Indian troops and separatists fought near the town of Kupwara.

29.   In a statement Friday, Ethiopia reported fighting near Shembeko along the Mereb River that runs between the two countries.

30.   In a separate incident late Sunday, government troops and separatists fought near Kupwara town in which five militants and one soldier were killed.