91.   The quake hit the towns of Mascara and Sif and it also was felt in Oran, officials said.

92.   The town has been hit daily by artillery shells, notably on the outskirts but sometimes also in the center.

93.   The town was hit by a series of race riots last year.

94.   UN spokesman Christopher Gunness said one or two mortar or artillery shells hit the town Tuesday.

95.   Towns have been hit by increasing numbers of typhoid and tuberculosis cases.

96.   Two missiles hit Bihac town in northwestern Bosnia-Hercegovina Thursday afternoon, but there were no casualties, UN Protection Force spokesman Major Herve Gourmelon said here.

97.   Wardak said scores of rockets hit the town, including his residence and the nearby hospital.

98.   It added that shelling was also hitting the towns of Kifri and Chemchemal, near the PUK stronghold of Sulaymaniyah close to the Iranian border.

99.   Rashid said it was the first time in at least five years that any shells had hit the town.

100.   Rioting also hit other towns, and a factory and primary school were torched.