1.   But when the team was discovered, a firefight erupted with suspected Taliban and Qaida fighters that led to a U.S. air attack that killed nine Afghans.

2.   The Dutch called in NATO close air support when a firefight erupted with the advancing Bosnian Serbs.

3.   A firefight also erupted in the West Bank town of Hebron.

4.   A firefight erupted as security forces drove the assailants back.

5.   A firefight erupted in the West Bank town of Hebron, and gunships attacked gunmen in the town of Salfit near Nablus.

6.   At one point, a firefight erupted.

7.   Cochetel was freed about two minutes into the predawn operation, but a longer firefight erupted between the kidnappers and Russian security forces, the Interfax news agency said.

8.   Early Tuesday, a firefight erupted near the Gaza-Egypt border.

9.   Later, a firefight erupted between some of the demonstrators and Israeli troops manning a checkpoint north of Ramallah.

10.   Sporadic clashes that the army blamed on the militants were reported early Thursday, and a brief firefight erupted later.