1.   Intermittent clashes continued from mid-June between government forces and FRUD guerrillas near the coastal town of Obock and in the region of Garabaousse, in the south-west.

2.   Clashes continued elsewhere in areas to which opposition forces had retreated.

3.   Arafat himself has vowed the clashes will continue until the establishment of a Palestinian state.

4.   But as the clashes continued, Grande said he intervened on her behalf.

5.   But deadly street clashes continued throughout the day in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, where Israeli soldiers shot and killed three Palestinians.

6.   Clashes continued throughout the country, and as the time came for UNITA to give up its pivotal strongholds, the rebel leaders balked.

7.   Fighting in the mostly Kurdish provinces of eastern Turkey has diminished in recent months, although sporadic clashes continue.

8.   Just hours before the arrival, violent clashes continued in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, where Clinton is to light a Christmas tree on Monday.

9.   Monday night clashes continued past the sundown deadline that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak had given Arafat to control his protesting public.