11.   A cease-fire took effect Tuesday, but scattered shooting was reported and the combatants have been slow to withdraw from the region.

12.   A cease-fire between Georgia and the breakaway province of Abkhazia took effect Tuesday, but scattered shooting was reported and the combatants were slow to withdraw from the region.

13.   After intense gunbattles on Friday, the shooting has been sporadic, and no shooting was reported inside the compound Monday, though the situation remains tense.

14.   After three days of sporadic gunbattles at the compound, no shooting has been reported Monday or Tuesday, though the situation remains tense.

15.   Although the shooting was reported earlier, the military had previously claimed that all six victims were guerrillas.

16.   But scattered shooting was reported and the combatants have been slow to withdraw from the region.

17.   But no new shootings were reported.

18.   But they reported scattered shooting from both sides overnight.

19.   Col. Blagoja Markovski, a military spokesman, told The Associated Press that only sporadic shooting had been reported in the Tetovo area.

20.   Col. Blagoja Markovski, a military spokesman, told The Associated Press that only sporadic shooting was reported in the Tetovo area.