31.   Fifty-one years ago Thursday, the bloodiest conflict in history ended with a scratchy radio transmission.

32.   He refused to predict when the conflict would end.

33.   Interior Minister Anatoly Kulikov, speaking to parliament Friday before the Security Council meeting, was not optimistic that the conflict would end quickly.

34.   Like other Hamas activists, he vows the conflict will end when an independent Palestine stretches from the Mediterranean Sea to the Jordan River.

35.   Many casualties occur years, sometimes decades, after a conflict ends.

36.   Many lie idle for years, if not decades, after a conflict ends.

37.   Many of the casualties occur years, sometimes decades, after a conflict has ended.

38.   Meanwhile, the Russians give daily assurances that the conflict will end soon, but the signs point to protracted fighting.

39.   NATO must quickly assemble a peacekeeping force to send into Kosovo once the conflict ends in part to prevent lawlessness and revenge attacks, NATO foreign ministers said Wednesday.

40.   Removing them has been a major problem for the United Nations during peacekeeping missions even after the conflicts have ended.