41.   Also, Israeli troops shot dead one Palestinian killed and injured three more in the volatile West Bank city of Hebron, Palestinians said.

42.   Also Monday, Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian man who ran toward an Israeli army checkpoint near the West Bank town of Nablus, the army said.

43.   Another of the dead was a Palestinian civil defense officer who died when Israeli troops shot at a Palestinian fire truck near a Jewish settlement in central Gaza.

44.   At first, hours after the shooting, commanders of the paramilitary Border Police Force denied its troops had shot the coppersmith and his son.

45.   At first commanders of the paramilitary Border Police Force denied troops had shot the coppersmith and his son.

46.   But when the men did not turn back, the troops fatally shot the four, Russian news agencies said.

47.   Covert British troops shoot two attackers after gunbattle.

48.   Croat troops also shot at and bombed peacekeepers around Knin and elsewhere in Croatia.

49.   Daniel Seaman, an Israeli government spokesman, said Israeli troops do not shoot at media vehicles.

50.   Earlier, Israeli troops shot and wounded two Palestinians near the camp.