11.   The Lebanese army said its troops spotted the raiding party, fired flares and then opened up with machine guns.

12.   The Lebanese army said in a statement that its troops spotted the raiding party, fired flares and then opened up with machine guns.

13.   The three Palestinians, armed with Kalashnikov assault rifles, were approaching the border from Egypt when they were spotted by Israeli troops, the military said.

14.   They were spotted by troops more than three hours later, muddied from trudging through the jungle on Basilan.

15.   Troops spotted the Chua and Bautista walking on Basilan, which thousands of troops are scouring for the rebels and their hostages.

16.   Villanueva said troops spotted the two near the central Basilan town of Kapatagan, walking alone toward the provincial capital Isabela.

17.   Troops spotted an infiltrator on Sunday evening and were surprised to discover it was an Arab child.

18.   ISAF troops also spotted a vehicle carrying armed men but it escaped, Peckham added.

19.   Israeli troops spotted a group of armed Palestinians near the settlement of Alei Sinai who opened fire on them.

20.   On Wednesday UN troops spotted a tank in the exclusion zone in the northwest sector but could not say whether it was a Bosnian or Bosnian Serb one.