1.   But none of that happened without running gun battles with the centralizers in Washington.

2.   Khosana was shot dead in an ensuing gun battle with Ciskeian troops.

3.   Thousands of the rebels were killed in a gun battle with government troops.

4.   Three soldiers were killed in an hour-long gun battle.

5.   Two policemen were killed in a gun battle.

6.   In the latest incident at the weekend police fought a gun battle with a gang which used hand grenades against them.

7.   ...after a gun battle between police and drug traffickers.

8.   A police officer was injured in a gun battle that took place last night.