31.   The clashes came following a four-hour standoff at a Belgrade bridge.

32.   The clashes came just a month before a planned Israeli troop withdrawal from Nablus.

33.   The clashes came two days after Israeli soldiers killed three PLO police during a confused nighttime shootout in the same area.

34.   The clash came to a head last week when Shas ministers voted with the opposition for new elections.

35.   The clashes came after other battles touched off when Israeli workers completed a passageway through a tourist tunnel that runs along the base of the site.

36.   The clashes came after Zairian soldiers erected a roadblock to stop refugees from going to the small market town of Rutshuru.

37.   The clashes came days before the presidential elections which saw Jammeh win a second five-year term.

38.   The clashes came on the second anniversary of the signing of the Israel-PLO accord.

39.   The clashes come at a time of heightened tension in south Lebanon.

40.   The clash came after another gunbattle just before sundown Monday.