For this reason alone: that it did no harm, and helped avert a worse clash - in my opinion, the Space Race was worth every cent.

At least one was killed and 13 wounded in the worst clash since August.

One of the worst clashes was over a batch of photographs Jane had taken in North Africa.

This week, the worst clashes broke out in Bihar, where the Indian Army was called in.

Traffic came to a halt and most shops closed as the fighting continued for several hours in the worst political clash in Seoul since the early summer.

One hospital official described the fighting as "...the worst armed clashes in the capital for the last two months."

Iraqi soldiers voluntarily withdrew their forces from the two cities in October after some of the worst clashes since the spring revolt.

Gunfire continued on the island of Pemba yesterday, the scene of the worst clashes and traditionally the base of the strongest opposition groups.

The worst clashes occurred near the Place de la Nation, where the march ended.

The worst clashes occurred in Thokoza, where the police reported finding 52 bodies, many of them badly mutilated.