1.   Insp. Keith McCaskill, a spokesman for the nine-member Canada-U.S. task force probing the sniper shootings, said investigators were taking the package seriously.

2.   The attacks have included helicopter strikes, exploding telephones and sniper shootings.

3.   In other incidents that showed a heating up of the situation for the peacekeeping troops, there were three sniper shootings Wednesday against a NATO headquarters in Sarajevo.

4.   As sporadic violence continued in Karachi, an average of two to three people are killed every day in sniper shootings or targetted attacks.

5.   But they added that sniper shootings were reported from some parts of the city.

6.   The violence appeared to be spreading rapidly with sniper shootings and clashes between opposition militants and security forces reported from most parts of the port city.

7.   Several people, including security personnel, were injured by sniper shootings.

8.   Sporadic sniper shootings have been reported over the past three weeks resulting in several casualties.

9.   The brief spell of relative peace after negotiations began was shattered by gun fights between security forces and the militants and by sniper shootings in Karachi.