51.   In Jerusalem, Israeli Foreign Minister Ehud Barak said Monday his country was capable of striking at Hezbollah fighters without harming Lebanese civilians.

52.   Ankara has pledged not to harm civilians in the operation, which it says will be of limited duration.

53.   Ankara has pledged not to harm Iraqi civilians in its offensive, though Iraqi Kurds who control the north have reported casualties.

54.   The US statement noted that Yeltsin had promised to avoid harming unarmed civilians.

55.   Turkish officials have pledged to avoid harming civilians in their drive to stop PKK separatists from using northern Iraq as a base to stage attacks on Turkey.

56.   Israeli Foreign Minister Ehud Barak said Monday his country was capable of striking at Hezbollah fighters without harming Lebanese civilians.

57.   Kurdish factions here called Tuesday for an immediate end to a day-old Turkish military operation in northern Iraq warning it could harm civilians.

58.   So far, hostages have been allowed to leave the hospital to fetch food and water and Basayev said during his press conference that he would not harm civilians.

59.   The Jewish state says fundamentalist guerrillas have stepped up attacks against the occupied zone from villages outside it, meaning that any Israeli retaliation inevitably harms Lebanese civilians.