1.   Heavy fighting between soldiers and armed civilians wracked the capital of Burundi for a third consecutive night, a Western diplomat in Bujumbura said Wednesday.

2.   Much of that area of Kabul lies in ruins, destroyed by the relentless factional feuding that has wracked the capital for four years.

3.   Since mid-April -- when an Aristide partisan was shot and killed in an altercation -- sporadic, sometimes vandalistic, pro-Aristide street demonstrations have wracked the capital.

4.   Tension wracked the capital Wednesday as residents listened nervously to hand-held radios, waiting for news of progress in the talks.

5.   In the statement, Rodriguez Saa said he had not decided whether to accept the resignations, and deplored the violence that wracked the capital overnight.

6.   Rodriguez Saa had not decided whether to accept the resignations, and deplored the violence that wracked the capital overnight, according to the statement.