1.   Heavily armed police and paramilitary units, backed by helicopters, armored personnel carriers and heavy antiaircraft guns, surrounded four villages in western Kosovo.

2.   In Jenin, fighting raged as Israeli tanks and bulldozers backed by helicopters punched into the city and demolished the headquarters of the Palestinian security forces.

3.   Israeli tanks and armored troop carriers backed by helicopters rumbled in, soldiers imposed a curfew and began searches for suspects and arms.

4.   Police backed by helicopters roamed the nearby streets as demonstrators fled the scene.

5.   And in northern Israel, soldiers backed by helicopters searched for suspected militants who infiltrated from Jordan, military sources said.

6.   Dozens of police backed by helicopters searched the area.

7.   Gadhafi sent troops, backed by helicopters, to capture the prisoners.

8.   Government forces backed by helicopters have regained control of all but one part of Pool, around the town of Vindza, officials say.

9.   He said tanks and helicopters were backing Israeli soldiers in the trouble spots.

10.   Israeli commandos backed by helicopters tracked and killed four militants who slipped across the normally quiet border with Jordan, and seven other people were killed in incidents elsewhere.