1.   A UNITED States helicopter gunship rained rockets and cannon fire on targets in Mogadishu early today in another attack aimed at ending gun rule in the Somali capital.

2.   An Iraqi political scientist in Baghdad, speaking before this defection, said that all the palace intrigue around Saddam Hussein would not end his rule.

3.   But the White House has signaled it is prepared to end this rule to keep the US troop commitment in Kosovo to a minimum.

4.   Carter said he was not surprised that some Aristide supporters dislike the agreement he negotiated last September to end military rule and restore Aristide to power.

5.   Computer activists consider these laws anachronistic and want the government to ease or end rules that discourage the use of encryption.

6.   For one, it signals that politically influential companies will no longer escape the taxes they have ignored since Russia ended Communist rule.

7.   Harkat ul-Mujahedeen was a Pakistan-based group whose aim was ending Indian rule in Kashmir.

8.   He will be joined by Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, the interim president of Nigeria, who has promised an election next year to end military rule.

9.   He wants to end direct rule and hold new local elections this summer.

10.   Howard also plans to end the rule by which the length of time a prisoner spends on remand awaiting trial is automatically included as part of a jail sentence.