11.   Israeli security sources said Palestinian militants attacked a checkpoint and fired at an Israeli at close range, who died later from his injuries.

12.   Six policemen were taken hostage when unidentified gunmen attacked a police checkpoint in eastern Tajikistan, a news report said Wednesday.

13.   The checkpoint was attacked by unidentified assailants armed with rifles and a grenade-launcher, a duty officer at the Interior Ministry said.

14.   The rebels also attacked military checkpoints in the capital.

15.   The pro-government Serb Media Center also reported one police officer had been killed and another wounded when ethnic Albanian militants attacked the Serb checkpoint at Streoc.

16.   The Russian side blamed the rebels, saying they were ignoring a cease-fire and attacking checkpoints.

17.   Three other people, including a soldier, also were killed when unidentified gunmen attacked a checkpoint in Korangi, a poor eastern district.

18.   U.S. and British warplanes attacked three checkpoints in southern Iraq, killing two people and injuring seven others, the Iraqi military said Tuesday.

19.   At least eight people were killed when Islamic rebels attacked a checkpoint manned by government troops in Tajikistan early Saturday, the interior ministry said here.

20.   The United Nations earlier threatened the Serbs with NATO airstrikes if they attacked UN checkpoints.