1.   As the civilian toll rose, however, the administration pressed for a NATO bombing campaign.

2.   NATO did not release the name or nationality of the pilot and would not estimate the civilian toll in the incident.

3.   The civilian toll is difficult to gauge because of the Muslim custom to quickly bury the dead, international aid workers say.

4.   The civilian toll may be even higher.

5.   The continuing civilian toll of land mines around the world has brought increasing calls for a ban on the weapons.

6.   Aziz also refused to give a civilian toll, saying the health ministry will release a figure later.

7.   But the heavy civilian toll is putting a dangerous twist on a familiar exchange between Israel and Arab enemies.

8.   Fighting has devastated many parts of Freetown, with artillery shells and mortars slamming down on residential districts with seemingly little regard for a yet uncounted civilian toll.

9.   He refused to elaborate, saying the health ministry will give a civilian toll.

10.   In a war zone, it is impossible to accurately account for the civilian toll in crime.