1.   Algerian officials have repeatedly cited the French aid as proof of support for the government as it fights a ferocious war against the fundamentalist insurgents.

2.   After two years of an intermittently ferocious war, this could be the endgame.

3.   After two years of an intermittently ferocious war, this could be the start of the Ethiopian-Eritrean endgame.

4.   But as Murkwoski made clear, the measure, which has brought a ferocious lobbying war on Capitol Hill, is far from dead.

5.   Five decades have passed since that ferocious war.

6.   Since its passage, the law has provoked a ferocious legal war that is being monitored by politicians, adoption professionals, and judges nationwide.

7.   The bold killing of an Albanian in his Milan hospital bed has reinforced fears that the Albanian mafia is waging a ferocious war for power in Italy.

8.   The Tamil rebels are engaged in a ferocious war in the north and east of the island.

9.   The Tamil rebels are engaged in a ferocious war in the north and east.