21.   However, there has been sporadic shooting southwest of the city between government forces and a Shiite opposition group.

22.   Kabul has seen only sporadic shooting for the past few days as a U.N. mission tries to establish a cease-fire and create a multiparty government.

23.   Meanwhile, the Macedonian army reports sporadic shooting by the rebels in the second-largest city, Tetovo.

24.   Mortar fire stopped, and there were only sporadic shootings.

25.   Palestinian security forces initially waged firefights with the Israeli troops, but later took cover inside buildings, and there was only sporadic shooting.

26.   Only sporadic shootings have marred the peace accord, along with rebel complaints that the Russian pullout has been too slow.

27.   Police blamed the rebels for the attack and the government also reported sporadic shooting around the Tetovo area overnight.

28.   Since then, low-level clashes and sporadic shootings have continued but the overall violence has abated.

29.   Sporadic shooting and mortar explosions, however, continued throughout the day in other parts of town.

30.   Sporadic shooting rang out across Chechnya early Friday, just hours after President Boris Yeltsin hailed a breakthrough, if shaky, military accord signed in the breakaway region.