41. Market response to the fighting over Kosovo has fallen in line with previous military conflicts, with several jittery days followed by one big rally, economists said. 42. Nine other tourists escaped during intense fighting over the weekend and the bodies of two abducted resort workers were found mutilated Sunday. 43. Northern alliance officials had said Sunday that the fortress was under control, only to see heavy fighting over the next two days. 44. Pope John Paul II invited U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Vatican on Thursday to look for ways to end the fighting over Kosovo. 45. Pope John Paul II and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan met privately at the Vatican Thursday to discuss ways to end the fighting over Kosovo. 46. Several thousand people have been killed or wounded in the month-long fighting over Chechen moves to independence. 47. Sporadic fighting over the years secured the special status for more than a decade until last year. 48. The claim by the Kurdistan Democratic Party that Iranians were helping its opponents in the fighting over territory in northern Iraq was never confirmed. 49. The coup attempt in the capital earlier this month and foreign intervention has thrown the struggling nation into new fighting over the scraps it has to offer. 50. The fighting over Kabul is just the latest in a series of battles that have left the city in ruins. |