51.   Almost all of them joined the protest Saturday, putting up fierce resistance, the government said.

52.   Although the rebels mounted fierce resistance, they were badly outgunned by the Indonesian military.

53.   But despite repeated statements that Komsomolskoye was about to fall, the small rebel groups have stalled the Russians with fierce resistance.

54.   But his policy of negotiating with separatists has met fierce resistance from Suharto loyalists and other hard-liners in the military.

55.   But the militants, many of them taking periodic shelter in caves, have put up fierce resistance in Tando and other nearby villages.

56.   Chechnya is mounting a fierce resistance.

57.   Despite that pledge, the tests have been met with fierce resistance.

58.   During the NATO bombardment of Yugoslavia, Arkan frequently warned the Atlantic Alliance against a land invasion, warning of fierce resistance.

59.   Fighting continued Monday with Russian attacks and fierce Chechen resistance.

60.   Federal forces encircled the western village of Bamut, where rebels have turned an abandoned nuclear missile base into an underground stronghold and were putting up fierce resistance.