61.   He said some of them had been ordered by the rebels to stay, while thousands have fled.

62.   Hundreds did not return, and thousands fled, dodging the draft.

63.   Hundreds of people have died this year in clashes between Serb security forces and ethnic Albanian rebels, and thousands have fled the fighting.

64.   Homes near the factory were evacuated and thousands fled the city in panic.

65.   Hundreds of civilians have died since then and thousands have fled across the river to Kinshasa, capital of neighboring Congo.

66.   Hundreds of houses were burned down and thousands of people fled, mostly from the Madurese minority.

67.   Hundreds of people have been killed and thousands have fled their homes in a separatist struggle against Indonesian forces in Aceh in recent months.

68.   Hundreds of people lost their homes, and thousands fled to safer areas.

69.   In additional to those in Macedonia, thousands more fled Wednesday into Albania and Montenegro although officials in both areas said it was impossible to provide an accurate count.

70.   In Liberia, renewed fighting in recent weeks has caused thousands to flee, and to live in fear and dire conditions.