31.   His attackers fled to nearby Bethlehem, Israel officials said.

32.   Hundreds of laborers were killed by a cyclone, many others fled to nearby villages, and thousands remain missing a week after the storm struck.

33.   Hundreds of Serbs fled nearby villages, fearing the fighting.

34.   Indian authorities stopped the construction work, but tension along the border forced thousands of Bangladeshis to flee nearby villages, Hossain said.

35.   Iranian-sponsored guerrillas retained control of a key hydroelectric dam Monday, while thousands of fearful civilians fled to nearby Iran to escape fighting between Kurdish factions.

36.   Karimba said the insurgents, who fled into nearby Birunga National Park, also unsuccessfully tried to set on fire an administrative building.

37.   Many have remained on their rooftops or fled to nearby school buildings or river embankments.

38.   Meanwhile, ethnic Albanians claimed Serb police and army forces had opened fire on three villages in the south, sending civilians fleeing to nearby woods.

39.   One rebel was killed when soldiers returned fire and other guerrillas fled to nearby mountains, Slamet said.

40.   People also fled nearby Kokuto and Torti villages, said Sardar Zulfikar, another resident.