31.   The RUF statement also claimed fighting had taken place among government troops around the Bo area.

32.   The situation was also quiet around the gendarmerie headquarters, where fighting took place Thursday evening.

33.   The Tajik defense ministry confirmed that fighting did take place in the region, but it refused to confirm or deny whether Tavildara had been captured.

34.   UNITA also said fighting had taken place between its soldiers and government troops in the Waku-Kungo region of the coastal Cuanza-Sul province.

35.   Loyalist troops who surrounded the radio station Thursday had left Friday morning, and the situation was calm around the gendarmerie, where fighting took place Thursday evening.

36.   Meanwhile authorities in the neighboring republic of Ingushetia reported that fighting was also taking place Monday in various eastern and southeastern regions.

37.   Madani Mezrak and other FIS leaders have denied that fighting has taken place between the two Islamic movements, speaking only of friction between them.

38.   Other independent sources said fighting was taking place in the area of Masi-Manimba, halfway between Kenge and Kikwit.

39.   Soldiers were deployed Tuesday to the area where fighting took place.

40.   The Chadian government has acknowledged that fighting took place in the Ennedi highland region on Monday, but given no casualty figures.