61.   Israel has said it has tried to avoid civilian casualties, and the army said it was unaware of the Shobi family deaths in Nablus.

62.   Israel says its soldiers tried hard to avoid civilian casualties.

63.   Israel says it is trying to avoid civilian casualties, but the militants are taking cover and shooting from civilian areas.

64.   Israeli officials have portrayed the massive bombardment of Lebanon as a high-tech campaign of surgical strikes and smart weapons that avoid civilian casualties.

65.   Jiang met Bush on Friday and cautioned him to be specific about what gets targeted in the war on terrorism and to try to avoid civilian casualties.

66.   Jiang met privately with Bush on Friday and cautioned that the U.S. attacks in Afghanistan need to be well defined and that they should avoid civilian casualties.

67.   Jiang met privately with Bush on Friday and cautioned that the U.S. attacks need to be well defined and avoid civilian casualties.

68.   Last week, as the army closed in on the rebellious capital, the State Department urged restraint on Yeltsin and appealed to both sides to avoid civilian casualties.

69.   Manilov said there were no plans for the moment to assault the capital, in an effort to avoid civilian casualties.

70.   Maskhadov, branded a criminal and a terrorist by the Kremlin, proposed that Russia begin talks with Chechen leaders and withdraw its troops to avoid further casualties.