1.   The elder man was killed by fire from an Israeli gunship last year and also was accused by the Israelis of involvement in firing mortars on Jewish settlements.

2.   They respond to the Russian bombardment by firing mortars, which on Sunday destroyed one Russian tank, and with snipers, who wounded Kuzin.

3.   Overnight, Israeli forces fired on several members of the Islamic militant group Hamas who were firing mortars, seriously wounding a senior Hamas activist, Khalil Sakani.

4.   Palestinians are firing mortars almost daily at Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip.

5.   A Popular Resistance leaflet threatened that the group would retaliate by firing mortars at Israeli targets, though Arafat has banned mortar attacks.

6.   A top Sierra Leonean official, speaking on condition of anonymity, accused Guinea of firing mortars in recent days on three villages in northwestern Sierra Leone.

7.   Before his speech, Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip were firing mortars at Jewish settlements in Gaza on an almost daily basis.

8.   Bosnian state radio accused Serbs of firing mortars at the village, but that was not confirmed.

9.   Central African soldiers were firing mortars from the barracks where they are holed up in the eastern part of the capital.

10.   Hamas supporters clashed with Palestinian police in Gaza last month when they tried to arrest spiritual leader Yassin and stop a Hamas cell from firing mortars at Israeli targets.