21.   Ethnic Albanian rebels used anti-aircraft machine guns and other infantry weapons Sunday to attack Serbian police positions near the volatile boundary with Kosovo.

22.   Government spokesman Ljubomir Podunavac said the rebels had taken up several positions in the village of Oreovica, firing at army troops and several nearby Serbian police positions.

23.   He later was considered for chief of police positions in Chicago and Washington, D.C.

24.   In an apparent response, Israel tanks fired shells and machine guns at two Palestinian police positions in the area, Palestinian police said.

25.   In Gaza, Israeli helicopter gunships hit Palestinian police positions in Gaza City and in Deir Al-Balah in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

26.   In Gaza, Israeli helicopter gunships hit Palestinian police positions in Gaza City and in Dir Al-Balach in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

27.   In November, rebels swept through the zone, killing four police officers and seizing Serb police positions.

28.   In response, Israeli fired tank shells at a Palestinian border police position near the Gaza town of Beit Hanoun, the army said.

29.   In response, Israel fired tank shells at a Palestinian border police position near the Gaza town of Beit Hanoun, the army said.

30.   Israel responded by firing tank shells at a Palestinian police position, causing damages, but no injuries.