31.   The heavy fighting came a day after Saudi Arabia presented its new peace initiative at the United Nations.

32.   The fighting came a day after seven Israeli troops were wounded along the Lebanese border.

33.   The fighting came a day after six government supporters were ambushed in the village of Los Platanos.

34.   The fighting came as Nigeria warned it reserved the military option to restore the civilian government of President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah, who fled the country Sunday.

35.   The fighting came despite cease-fire talks that have been going on for a week in Lusaka, Zambia.

36.   The fighting came two days after five Croats and a Serb died in a clash over the highway, which was closed as a result.

37.   The fighting came two days after peacekeepers for the first time used firepower to enforce a port blockade approved by West African leaders shortly after the coup.

38.   The fighting came two days after the Tamil Tigers warned residents near army camps in eastern Sri Lanka to move away before an imminent rebel assault.

39.   The fighting comes a day after President Clinton pronounced himself satisfied with U.S. attacks this week on Iraqi radar and command centers south of Baghdad.

40.   The fighting came a day after three officers of an elite Israeli commando unit were killed and five wounded in a Hezbollah guerrilla ambush in southern Lebanon.