21.   Acting national police chief Roberto Lastimoso blamed the Abu Sayyaf, an extremist Muslim group whose leader was killed in a recent clash, for the first attack.

22.   Armed civilians have joined the army in recent clashes with the Abu Sayyaf.

23.   But a German human rights group said recent clashes between Muslim returnees and Serbs prove Bosnia is far from safe.

24.   But recent clashes between Serbs and Muslims who have attempted to visit their homes in Bosnia are raising doubts about whether it is safe for the refugees to return.

25.   But Murad said that the recent military clashes have dealt a setback to confidence-building steps that both sides were to have begun.

26.   But many Afghans in the Khost area blame recent clashes on U.S.-funded warlords vying for supremacy.

27.   But there have been recent sporadic clashes of violence in Toamasina, and on Tuesday three government loyalists were killed.

28.   But there have been recent sporadic clashes of violence in Toamasina and on Tuesday three government loyalists were killed.

29.   Clijsters was successful in their most recent clash, the quarterfinals of the Open tuneup event in Sydney.

30.   During several recent clashes in Bethlehem, Israeli troops and Palestinian police have aimed guns at one another.