51.   But Serbs, Croats and Muslims alike have been prevented from returning home by rival ethnic groups now controlling areas that were formerly shared by all.

52.   But the Kosovo Liberation Army, which controls the area virtually unchallenged during the current truce, said the police were unwelcome.

53.   But the rebel Kosovo Liberation Army, which controls the area virtually unchallenged during the current truce, said the police were unwelcome.

54.   But the rebels control the area south of the peninsula up to the border with Vavuniya.

55.   But Zairian rebels controlling the area have repeatedly delayed the effort, in an apparent bid to force the United Nations to repair roads in rebel-held areas.

56.   By Thursday evening, downtown Grozny was quiet and Russian commanders claimed to control the area.

57.   Ethnic Georgians still living in Abkhazia have vowed to resist the separatists who control the area.

58.   Even by daylight, it was hard to discern which side controlled what areas after a day of carnage in the Grozny area.

59.   Gen. Rashid Dostum, the northern alliance commander who controls the area, denied his men had committed any atrocities.

60.   Government troops controlling the area near the embassy positioned themselves in a drainage ditch behind a line of mounted assault rifles.