31.   A Maoist was also killed Saturday in a clash that erupted when rebels attacked a security patrol, the defence ministry said in a statement.

32.   A US special forces soldier was killed Sunday when his patrol was attacked in eastern Afghanistan, US military officials said.

33.   Around a hundred demonstrators armed with iron bars repeatedly attacked two patrols along the border.

34.   Ecuadoran warplanes then responded by attacking Peruvian patrols north of Cueva de los Tayos, the military said.

35.   Extremists among the Rwandan Hutu refugees in eastern Zaire regularly return across the border to attack army patrols and assassinate witnesses to their wartime crimes.

36.   The patrol was attacked in the Springfield Road area, said police.

37.   The patrol was attacked in the Springfield Road area.

38.   The SLA confirmed a patrol was attacked but said no one was hurt.

39.   US Major Bryan Hilferty said a joint US-Afghan patrol was attacked by suspected al-Qaeda militants on Saturday at an undisclosed location in Afghanistan.

40.   US Major Bryan Hilferty said a joint US-Afghan patrol was attacked by suspected al-Qaeda militants on Saturday at an undisclosed location somewhere in Afghanistan.