1.   A war zone is a dangerous place to be even in the ab-sence of combat.

2.   Aid workers returning from the war zone reported seeing groups of rebels waving white flags.

3.   All foreign journalists have been told to leave the war zone as soon as possible.

4.   Helicopters have been sent in to rescue the wounded from the war zone.

5.   If they stayed in the war zone they would face almost certain death.

6.   If they stayed in the war zone they would face certain death.

7.   If they stayed in the war zone, they faced almost certain death.

8.   In Kitwe city centre normality ceased altogether and the area resembled a war zone.

9.   Living in a war zone, the children knew the meaning of fear.