51.   The army said the man was killed while trying to attack a soldier.

52.   The claim could not be independently confirmed, but it follows a similar accusation by Tehran Television, which accused the Taliban of attacking its soldiers on the border.

53.   The Israeli military said armed Palestinians attacked soldiers, who returned fire, hitting two.

54.   The new commander of the NATO-led peace force here issued a warning Wednesday to people planning to attack alliance soldiers.

55.   The Israeli military said Palestinians attacked Israeli soldiers with gunfire, grenades and a mortar shell in a battle that lasted for several hours.

56.   The latest in a series of attacks came Sunday when a suicide bomber tried to attack soldiers at the main Israel-Gaza crossing point.

57.   The militiamen refused to hand over guns and other homemade weapons, and instead attacked the soldiers.

58.   The statement did not refer directly to Pakistan, which India accuses of permitting Islamic militants to cross into Kashmir , where they attack Indian soldiers.

59.   The rebels attacked government soldiers near Mankulam, a northern town close to a vital road link the military has been trying to capture since last year.

60.   The radio also said one soldier was killed and several others wounded when soldiers transferring voting materials to a polling station were attacked in the same area.