11.   In the southeast, where soldiers are battling Kurdish rebels, detainees can be held for seven days without access to a lawyer.

12.   Israeli soldiers battled Palestinian gunmen in the camp for days, and Israeli shelling and bulldozers reduced large areas in the center of the camp to piles of rubble.

13.   Lebanese soldiers battled with supporters of a radical Shiite Muslim cleric in eastern Lebanon on Friday, leaving at least two people dead, security officials said.

14.   Liberian soldiers battled rebels backed by Guinea in three northern towns Thursday, the military said.

15.   Liberian soldiers were battling anti-government insurgents Friday, while diplomats and aid agencies were seeking the release of aid workers taken hostage during the fighting.

16.   Meanwhile, Turkish soldiers battled radical leftist inmates for a third day in their push to regain control of two prisons.

17.   Mutinous soldiers battled government troops at a military base Wednesday and bloody street protests had resumed for a second day.

18.   On Luzon in the Philippines, American and Japanese soldiers battle fiercely south of Manila and near Baguio in the north.

19.   On Thursday, Indian soldiers battled to hit guerrilla position obscured by rain and rolling mists.

20.   Soldiers battle rebels headed toward Ndjili Airport, east of town.