1.   On Thursday night, fighting continued sporadically in the area around Podujevo, with small-arms fire and what appeared to be occasional mortar rounds.

2.   Shortly after dawn, the air of Kinshasa grew electric with heavy bursts of automatic weapons fire, and occasional mortar rounds.

3.   All-out war in Sarajevo was replaced by an uneasy calm Thursday, punctuated by the boom of occasional mortar shells.

4.   An uneasy calm replaced all-out war in Sarajevo today, punctuated by the boom of occasional mortar shells.

5.   He cited house burnings, looting, gunfire and occasional mortar rounds as persistent problems.

6.   Occasional mortar and machine-gun fire resounded in the Racak area as a U.N. refugee agency convoy delivered aid to villagers driven from their homes by shelling.

7.   The cold war since has been interrupted by occasional mortar attacks from Serb batteries in the nearby hills.

8.   Bursts of automatic fire and the occasional mortar round could be heard across the capital.

9.   The Palestinians were also lobbing the occasional mortar, an Israeli soldier said.

10.   Kigali was relatively calm Friday afternoon with both sides trading occasional mortar shells after fierce fighting overnight, Kabia said.