21.   Security sources said the fighting erupted after the Iranian-backed Hezbollah rebels attacked a patrol of the South Lebanon Army, a militia supported by Israel.

22.   The guerrillas then attacked the patrol with machine guns and rocket propelled grenades, the sources said.

23.   The soldiers were injured Wednesday night in Kokkutuduvai village in northeastern Sri Lanka when rebels attacked their patrol, said Brigadier Nihal Jayakody, a military spokesman.

24.   The pro-government Serb Media Center said Albanian gunmen attacked police patrols Wednesday near the village of Dolovo in western Kosovo and Opterusa in the southwest.

25.   The pro-government Serb Media Center said groups of armed Albanian gunmen attacked police patrols Wednesday afternoon near Dolovo village in western Kosovo and Opterusa in the southwest.

26.   The Serb center, which is close to government authorities, also said a police patrol was attacked on the Djakovica-Ponosevac road.

27.   Three soldiers also were killed and one wounded Tuesday when rebels attacked a military patrol at Meeyankulam near Batticaloa, the military said.

28.   Three soldiers were killed when rebels attacked a military patrol at Meeyankulam in Batticaloa district.

29.   Three police officers were killed when their patrol was attacked in Grozny, the capital.

30.   Hezbollah said in its statement that the Israeli patrol was attacked near Baraachit.