51.   Hindus then retaliated, sparking fierce street clashes.

52.   Iranian Kurds said Wednesday the PUK had gained control of Arbil and Sulaymaniyah in fierce clashes.

53.   A military spokesman said here that fierce clashes took place in the southern Hadramawut region late Sunday.

54.   A policeman died in Abidjan Monday during fierce clashes between security forces and people protesting a crackdown ahead of coming presidential elections, police told AFP.

55.   A southern military spokesman said Sunday that fierce clashes took place in the Hadramawt region during the evening.

56.   According to Peci, the inmates set fire to the prison leading to fierce clashes with police.

57.   An AFP photographer who went into Goma said fierce clashes were taking place in the centre between Zairean soldiers and what looked like uniformed Rwandan troops.

58.   An AFP photographer reported fierce clashes in the centre between Zairean soldiers and what looked like uniformed Rwandan troops.

59.   An AFP photographer who went into the eastern Zairean town Saturday morning reported fierce clashes in the centre between Zairean soldiers and what looked like uniformed Rwandan troops.

60.   At least five people have been killed and six others wounded in a fierce clash between two warring clans in the southern Philippines, police said Sunday.