11.   Gun battles killed four Palestinian police officers here on Tuesday, and residents reported that regular firing continued Wednesday.

12.   Gwinnett County residents report the highest incidence of stress among counties surveyed.

13.   He also said the explosions reported by residents had been caused by a clumsy soldier who had dropped a live rocket, not by U.S. missiles.

14.   In Boulder, residents report cougars studying their backyards.

15.   In Herat, where there is visceral opposition to the Taliban, the military authorities have been trying to bear down on civilians, residents reported.

16.   In Kandahar, residents reported some departing Taliban turned in their weapons.

17.   In the strategic eastern city of Jalalabad, residents reported that the Taliban had announced they were pulling out and turning the city over to its previous civilian administration.

18.   In the town of Mambasa, however, residents reported that there had been two armed clashes earlier this year between Mai-Mai guerrillas and the rebel forces.

19.   In the villages surrounding the ancient city of Balkh, residents reported new rounds of looting by gunmen from the Junbish and Wahdat militias.

20.   Late last December, Moscow residents reported that their buildings had been surrounded by police officers waiting for young men to return home.