21.   There was no independent confirmation of the claims by the militia, which gave low casualty figures despite reports of fierce fighting involving heavy weapons.

22.   The fighting involved people from the Loku, Udege and Agutu communities.

23.   The fighting involves the Taliban Islamic militia and the combined forces of Uzbek warlord General Abdul Rashid Dostum and ex-Afghan governent military strongman Ahmed Shah Masood.

24.   The fighting involved unprecedented armed battles between Israeli troops and Palestinian police who used their weapons to defend stone-throwing protestors when they came under Israeli fire.