11.   Downtown, sporadic gunfire continued to rattle through the all-but empty streets.

12.   Earlier, government helicopters swooped overhead and sporadic gunfire continued until midmorning.

13.   Downtown, sporadic gunfire continued to rattle through the all-but empty streets Thursday.

14.   Gunfire continued its intermittent chatter in Chakoti, a cluster of simple concrete buildings amid small crop fields on a plateau wedged between Indian and Pakistani forward positions.

15.   Gunfire continued through the night and escalated at daybreak as mortars and rockets began flying through the city.

16.   Intense gunfire also continued in nearby Mansoa, where soldiers were fighting for control of the strategic town.

17.   Intense gunfire continued to rock the town into early afternoon, though with soldiers from each side in various areas it was unclear who controlled it.

18.   Intense gunfire continued to rock the town into the afternoon, though with soldiers from each side in various areas it was unclear who controlled it.

19.   Sassou-Nguesso later made a similar announcement on his private radio channel, but the gunfire continued until his later broadcast.

20.   Settlers said soldiers had broken into the house to engage the infiltrators, but gunfire was continuing.