11.   Gunfire rattled through downtown Monrovia on Saturday, after government troops reportedly surrounded the home of former warlord Roosevelt Johnson and called for the arrest of armed dissidents.

12.   Gunfire rattled through the crowded Matonge district in the heart of the capital early Tuesday, wounding several people.

13.   Heavy gunfire rattled the presidential palace in Caracas and a tank tried to smash down the palace door.

14.   Heavy gunfire rattled the presidential palace and a tank rammed the palace door.

15.   While gunfire rattled the Andean mountain town of Guayabetal on Saturday, Albright was meeting with President Andres Pastrana in a Caribbean port hundreds of miles away.

16.   As they marched in the centre of the capital, gunfire rattled through the southern neighbourhoods of Musaga and Kanyosha.

17.   Automatic gunfire rattled through the Chechen capital after curfew late Tuesday following a joint Russian and Chechen offensive to flush out separatist rebels.