1.   Workers throughout the country have been subject to an intense barrage of Xu Hu propaganda over the past few days.

2.   The jeeps left after coming under an intense barrage of rocks, leaving behind one officer who took cover in a Palestinian auto repair shop.

3.   The jeeps left after coming under an intense barrage of rocks, leaving behind one soldier who took refuge in a Palestinian shop.

4.   At dawn, Russian tanks opened up an intense barrage preparing to cut Serzhen Yurt off from Shali, about seven kilometres away.

5.   The outskirts of the northern Iraqi capital of Arbil were hit by an intense barrage of shelling on Saturday, UN officials in the town told AFP.