1.   The flooding renders some Iraqi positions on the border untenable but would make the going there impassable for tanks if fighting resumed.

2.   After an eight-month lull, fighting resumed last month, and Ethiopia pushed Eritrean soldiers out of Badame.

3.   But disarming the soldiers and creating a coalition government has gone slowly, and fighting has resumed in many regions.

4.   But President Alija Izetbegovic warned in a radio address that fighting could resume in the spring if no final peace treaty is negotiated by the time the cease-fire expires.

5.   But these never took place and fighting resumed in March.

6.   In minutes, fighting resumed, with alliance forces firing a salvo of rockets into Taliban territory.

7.   Otherwise, fighting could resume.

8.   The nation waited in suspense to learn how the newly structured government would exert its power and whether fighting would resume.

9.   The villagers said the real danger was that if the peace talks failed, fighting could resume.

10.   When the peace process fell apart in September and fighting resumed, Karni crossing was a scene of daily clashes.