11.   Israel said it had hit a Hezbollah command centre in the Shiite suburbs.

12.   An-Nahar said the Lebanese authorities suspected Palestinian and Moslem militant groups in Palestinian refugee camps and in Shiite suburbs south of Beirut.

13.   Their bodies were found the next day in the mostly Shiite southern suburbs of the capital.

14.   Israeli helicopters fired Monday on the Shiite southern suburbs of Beirut, a stronghold of Hezbollah guerrillas, an AFP correspondent observed.

15.   Israeli helicopters fired rockets Monday on the Shiite southern suburbs of Beirut, a stronghold of Hezbollah guerrillas, an AFP correspondent observed.

16.   Israeli warplanes have flown over the Lebanese capital and its mostly Shiite southern suburbs, drawing anti-aircraft fire, security officials said Friday.

17.   Israeli aircraft resumed their attacks on the Shiite suburbs of Beirut at nightfall on Friday, official television said.

18.   Israeli helicopters attacked the Shiite suburbs of Beirut on Friday for the second day running, the Hezbollah radio said.

19.   Police meanwhile brandishing machine guns broke up a demonstration of hundreds of youths who were shouting anti-government slogans in a Shiite suburb of Manama.

20.   Police broke up a demonstration of hundreds of youths who were shouting anti-government slogans in a Shiite suburb of Manama, witnesses said Saturday.