41.   The conflict began when Bosnian Serbs took up arms after the former Yugoslav republic of Bosnia declared independence from Belgrade.

42.   The conflict began when Palestinian agents arrested a Palestinian resident of east Jerusalem on Saturday and took him to Ramallah.

43.   The conflict began when the army canceled parliamentary elections the fundamentalist Islamic Salvation Front was winning.

44.   The conflict began with Executive Council members appointed by the chief executive.

45.   The Macedonian conflict began in February, when ethnic Albanian rebels took up arms to demand more rights for their minority.

46.   The NATO alliance had threatened to launch airstrikes unless Milosevic halted his crackdown and cut his forces to levels in place before the conflict began.

47.   The NATO alliance threatened to launch airstrikes unless Milosevic halted his crackdown and cut his forces to levels in place before the conflict began.

48.   The village already was poor before the conflict began.

49.   The summit marked the third formal attempt at a peace deal since the conflict began in early August, and the first time rebels were invited.

50.   Grachev has met Dudayev once, before the conflict began.