81.   It was the first time Indian air force jets were deployed since the fighting began along the disputed border with Pakistan in the northern Jammu-Kashmir state.

82.   It was not immediately clear how the fighting began in Meta state, where rebels protect drug trafficking operations.

83.   It was unclear how the fighting began.

84.   It maintained no fighting had begun but said Russian troops were preparing for battle.

85.   Kabila has remained almost completely out of public view since the fighting began more than three weeks ago, but Mumengi said Thursday that the president remained in Kinshasa.

86.   Keswani said the fighting began when Indian border guards fatally shot a man trying to sneak across the border into India.

87.   Kabila himself has remained almost completely out of public view since the fighting began in early August, but Mumengi said Thursday the president was in Kinshasa.

88.   Magomedov said civilians had come to the spring for drinking water since supplies were cut shortly after the fighting began.

89.   Many others said the fighting began with a neighborhood squabble.

90.   Military spokesman Emmanuel Ndahiro said the fighting began when the group of insurgents was spotted by the local population, who reported them to the army.