51.   Turkey also remains concerned that the latest fighting among Iraqi Kurds left the border areas vulnerable to Turkish Kurdish rebel activities against Turkey.

52.   However, recent fighting among local warlords has underscored the weakness of the interim central government headed by Hamid Karzai.

53.   Among the dead were four civilians, three of them killed in fighting among looters and one run over by a car driven by mutineers.

54.   Britain Wednesday expressed concern over reports of renewed fighting among Kurkish factions in Northern Iraq.

55.   Six people have been killed in fierce fighting among rival Moslem clans in Sulu province, south of here, the military said Saturday.

56.   Sporadic fighting among local militias continues in parts of the country and foreigners face the threat of kidnapping in all regions, the State Department said.

57.   The fighting among Kurds has raised fears of a proxy war or a direct conflict between Iran and Iraq.