41.   The Taliban deny harming civilians, but admit setting houses on fire from where opposition soldiers were firing on them.

42.   Turkey denies harming civilians, and the government said it is taking care to protect them.

43.   U.N. human rights chief Mary Robinson said Wednesday that Israel was harming Palestinian civilians by failing to respect the Geneva Conventions on warfare.

44.   Turkey said it was trying to avoid harming civilians.

45.   Turkey said it was trying to avoid harming civilians and denied U.N. reports that Kurdish refugees who fled previous fighting were forced back across the border into Turkey.

46.   Vekic denied civilians were harmed in a recent interview with the weekly.

47.   Wamba denied any civilians were harmed, suggesting that the dead were soldiers or government allies.

48.   With most Arab countries contending U.S. policy favors Israel and expressing increasing concern that sanctions harm Iraqi civilians, Sultan backed the administration on those issues and more.

49.   France on Sunday urged Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to respect UN resolutions and not harm Kurdish civilians caught up in the fighting in northern Iraq.

50.   Human rights groups have also denounced the operation saying it could harm civilians.