In the last four years the fighting has subsided in winter, and once spring comes, well-rested combatants renew the carnage.

By 9:00 p.m. the fighting had mostly subsided.

Executives say they were eager to believe predictions that oil prices would drop once the major fighting in Iraq subsided.

The fighting here has since subsided, under a truce arranged while the film was being made.

The fighting in Gao subsided after five Islamists were killed by Malian soldiers.

By 5:30, the fighting had subsided, but it continued to flare sporadically into the night.

The fighting did not subside, however, till the night of April 2, 1918, when thousands of Muslims started leaving the city in a mass exodus.

The 14th Army issued an ultimatum on April 2 that it would order troops to combat alert if the fighting in the area did not subside.

There were no reports of casualties, and by late tonight United Nations officials said the fighting had subsided.

The fighting subsided everywhere in its intensity with the exception of the spaceport area where it became an inferno.