1.   Indian troops retaliated, leading to intermittent exchanges into the evening, a security force official said.

2.   The shooting tapered off into intermittent exchanges late afternoon.

3.   The shooting tapered off into intermittent exchanges in the late afternoon.

4.   The shooting tapered off into intermittent exchanges later in the afternoon.

5.   There were intermittent exchanges of fire between Tanzim gunmen and Israeli troops in Hebron in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday.

6.   Kashmiri Moslem guerrillas have set up sandbag bunkers on hilltops surrounding Charisharief, and intermittent exchanges of gunfire were heard Sunday.

7.   Tensions have been running high with intermittent exchanges of gunfire and shelling taking place across the border in the divided Himalayan state of Kashmir.