Insurgents battled the Iraqi police in the western district of Jihad, leaving five civilians dead and eight wounded, Reuters reported.

A gun battle between policemen and soldiers on the streets of Lagos left three civilians dead and scores of cars set on fire.

The Sri Lankan Army fought the Tigers with an unrestrained brutality that left far more civilians dead and missing than guerrillas.

Because then Europeans would immediately pull out their forces, leaving many civilians without food or shelter.

The International Red Cross says the fighting in Tripoli has left many civilians injured.

Between March 24 and April 4, 33,069 soldiers left the Soviet Union for Iran, as well as 10,789 civilians, including 3,100 children.

The attack on the Intercontinental Hotel, frequented by Westerners, left six more attackers, two police and 11 civilians, including a Spaniard dead.

June 12 Three sets of bombings in the Khyber Market area of Peshawar left 34 civilians dead and over 100 injured.

Another bombing in the city left three civilians dead and five injured, while a tribal chief was gunned down near his home in nearby Noor.

The fighting left four soldiers and two civilians dead as well as 20 people injured.