1.   Fierce street fighting was reported hours after the religious militia claimed a shaky hold on Mazar-e-Sharif.

2.   First reports that a Fatah-affiliated militia claimed responsibility could not be confirmed.

3.   In its leaflet, the militia claimed the two men had helped Israel track down Zalloum.

4.   Other reports said that the Lebanese Amal militia claimed to have downed the helicopter.

5.   Shiite Muslim guerrillas Wednesday ambushed an Israeli-backed militia patrol in southeastern Lebanon, but the militia claimed there were no casualties.

6.   Taliban rockets brought down a cargo plane Wednesday in Afghanistan that the Islamic militia claimed was supplying opposition fighters with arms from its foreign backers.

7.   The Al Aqsa Brigades militia claimed responsibility for the hotel attack.

8.   The Iranian-backed Shiite Muslim militia Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the attack, and reports from Lebanon said Israeli warplanes bombed Hezbollah positions in south Lebanon in retaliation.

9.   The militia claimed it ambushed an Israeli armored patrol.

10.   The militia has claimed dozens of shooting attacks against Israelis and, in recent months, has begun staging suicide bombings as well.