1.   Aerial confrontations continue to be reported in Iraq.

2.   After the Israeli strikes, confrontations continued into the night Thursday in the West Bank cities of Hebron and Jericho, where an ancient synagogue was reportedly damaged.

3.   As the confrontation continued, police and soldiers stepped up security in the capital, Suva.

4.   Confrontations continued in the West Bank.

5.   Confrontation continued at both facilities, which Patrick closed down three weeks ago until further notice.

6.   In the West Bank, one of two territories adjoining Israel proper where the Palestinians want to set up an independent state, confrontations continued.

7.   Meanwhile, relatively low-level confrontation continued.

8.   The confrontation continued into the predawn hours Saturday, with protesters taunting police, blowing horns and beating drums and officers responding with salvos of tear gas.

9.   The confrontation continued for three hours, with young Palestinians scrambling up a muddy hill toward the main road to get closer to the soldiers.

10.   The confrontation continued into nearby Pereirao slum for another two hours and ended with the death of gang leader Claudio Passos da Rocha and four other traffickers.