11.   Bosnian Croats control the western half of Mostar, while Muslims run the eastern half, where the shootout occurred.

12.   Craig Ratcliff, the NATO spokesman in Macedonia, confirmed a shootout had occurred but refused to elaborate.

13.   Craig Ratcliff, NATO spokesman in Macedonia confirmed a shootout had occurred but refused to elaborate.

14.   No one was in the building when the shootout occurred, a police spokesman said.

15.   No one was in the building when the shootout occurred, he said.

16.   Sergei Bogdanov, a Federal Security spokesman, confirmed the shootout occurred but would not discuss it.

17.   The National Police said the shootout occurred Monday in El Carmen, a town in Matagalpa province north of this capital.

18.   The Lamaha Gardens neighborhood where the shootout occurred is a middle-class residential area that is home mostly to white-collar professionals.

19.   The shootout occurred early in the afternoon, well before the evening rush hour when casualties could have been much higher.

20.   The shootout occurred after the Green Beret soldier and CIA officer met with several Afghan tribal leaders, a U.S. official said.