1.   Police say gunfire and knifings were common.

2.   A Western diplomat speaking by telephone from the capital Bujumbura said gunfire and grenade explosions were heard overnight but there were no reports of casualties by mid-day.

3.   Ethnic Albanian sources said gunfire and explosions could still be heard Sunday morning around Glogovac and in nearby Srbica, the center of ethnic Albanian rebellion in Kosovo.

4.   Hunt said gunfire from automatic weapons and small arms could also be heard in downtown areas.

5.   The agency said the gunfire in the towns of Zgharta and Ehden Sunday night was to celebrate the birth of a baby boy to the wife of Asaad Karam.

6.   The Israeli military said gunfire and mortar shells were fired late Tuesday at a Jewish settlement and a nearby army base in Gaza.

7.   The Kosovo Information Center in Pristina said gunfire and explosions were heard all night from the area of the police station.

8.   Residents said mass gunfire rung around the western district of Orangi during the night forcing dozens of families to flee their homes during an early morning lull Wednesday.