71.   Most civilians fled a month ago as Croatian and Muslim-led government forces pressed an offensive that has cost Serbs wide swaths of territory in northwestern Bosnia.

72.   Most civilians have fled the region where the fighting is concentrated.

73.   Nervous civilians fled the Chechen capital for the countryside Thursday in fear of an attack by Russian troops trying to unseat the president of the breakaway southern republic.

74.   Other civilians were fleeing in droves, it said.

75.   Police fired on looters taking advantage of the disorder in the south Brazzaville suburb of BaKongo, and civilians fled the area, witnesses said.

76.   Police fired on looters taking advantage of the disorder in the south Brazzaville suburb of BaKongo, and civilians were fleeing the area, witnesses said.

77.   Residents said Serb police looted and burned houses in the village during the weekend after civilians fled.

78.   Ricket-laden trucks joined Russian troops on the border of the breakaway republic of Chechnya on Saturday while frightened civilians fled in cars piled high with their belongings.

79.   Rival Afghan factions fought Wednesday for the capital of a strategically important province, causing civilians to flee, local Afghans said.

80.   Reporters said Serb and Albanian civilians were fleeing the area, jamming bus and gas stations to escape the fighting.