31.   And the Kosovo Liberation Army said seven fighters were killed in weekend clashes.

32.   And the militant ethnic Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army said seven fighters were killed in clashes over the weekend.

33.   At about the same time, peacekeepers shot and killed two fighters who had entered a residential compound.

34.   At the same time, three U.S.-allied Afghan fighters were killed in a raid on a checkpoint near the Khost airport, Afghan officials said.

35.   Eight SPLA fighters were killed in the attack.

36.   DXRZ said five MNLF fighters were killed in the fighting, but the military and MNLF leader Nur Misuari were unable to confirm that report.

37.   Ethnic Albanian sources said one KLA fighter was killed and three were wounded, including an officer, in clashes that began Wednesday night near Orahovac and Suva Reka.

38.   Five Afghan fighters also were killed and an undetermined number injured.

39.   Five rebel fighters were killed and eight federal soldiers were injured in clashes in Chechnya since Thursday, Russian military officials in the capital Grozny reported.

40.   Ghani accused government forces of shielding renegade militants who were killing separatist fighters after breaking ranks with them.