41.   Militiamen loyal to the two men also exchanged machine gun fire for several hours, but the guns fell silent towards the end of Sunday afternoon.

42.   Now that the guns have fallen largely silent in Croatia, a new peacetime fad is sweeping the former Yugoslav republic -- the phone-in erotic hot-line.

43.   The guns have generally fallen silent over Kashmir after five weeks of intensive artillery duels between Indian and Pakistani troops, police said Thursday.

44.   The guns fell silent in Kigali on Wednesday after a ceasefire announcement, but Mehu could not confirm whether the truce was holding.

45.   The heavy guns have fallen silent but the Drago region is under continuing ground and air attack.