31.   Feminists who consider war a disorder of the male ego have urged that women should run battles.

32.   Groups of what appeared to be opposing sets of fans fought running battles in the reception area and surrounding corridors.

33.   Government troops pounded Muslim gunmen with artillery and helicopter gunships in running battles Friday with militants who ransacked this southern town three days ago, police and witnesses reported.

34.   Hundreds of stone-throwing students fought running battles with armed riot police Monday after complaining the government failed to pay student subsidies.

35.   In running street battles shown repeatedly on British television, English and Tunisian fans clashed with each other and with French police in Marseille on Sunday night.

36.   Israeli troops searching for Palestinian militants and weapons caches carried out house-to-house searches and engaged in running battles with gunmen.

37.   Israeli tanks and armored vehicles, which entered the town of Beit Hanoun before dawn and took part in running battles during the day, pulled out after sundown.

38.   Militant youths protesting against the victory of Nigerian President-elect Olusegun Obasanjo set fire to a police station and barracks and fought running battles with officers Wednesday.

39.   Nkole said police fired live ammunition and tear gas during running battles with rioters that began Friday.

40.   No serious injuries were immediately reported in running battles over two hours that snarled airport traffic at the start of the busy holiday season.