91.   Witnesses described heavy exchanges of fire at the state house between the mutinous troops Nigerian troops assigned to defend Sierra Leone from rebel attacks.

92.   Yerucham Mandola, a spokesman for the rescue services, said heavy exchanges of fire between soldiers and the armed Palestinians were preventing ambulances from entering the area.

93.   Fighting flared between mutinous soldiers and loyalist troops in the Central African Republic on Saturday with heavy exchanges of fire between the two sides in the capital, Bangui.

94.   He said five soldiers were wounded during a heavy exchange of fire and claimed that two of the rebels killed were top LTTE area commanders.

95.   Heavy exchanges of artillery, rocket and mortar fire were continuing Wednesday, with fresh batches of Taliban reinforcements pouring into the battleground from Kabul.

96.   Heavy shelling exchanges continued in the Bihac region and in the Bugojno area of central Bosnia.

97.   Heavy exchanges of artillery, rocket and mortar fire were continuing midday Saturday, but appeared to be limited to hill top positions.

98.   Heavy exchanges of fire rocked a northwestern district of Ramallah while shots were also fired at army positions near the neighbouring Jewish settlements of Psagot and Kiryat Sefer.

99.   Indian officials said a heavy exchange of mortar fire Monday left two Indian soldiers dead and five seriously injured.

100.   In the nearby town of Gulbahar the Taliban were marshalling heavily armed infantry for a frontal assault as a heavy exchange of artillery took place.