51.   Mortar-fire, rockets and automatic fire could be heard but no casualty toll or official explanation was available immediately.

52.   Police returned the automatic fire, killing five miners.

53.   Radio reports said a policeman was arrested in a Manila suburb for letting off a volley of automatic fire with his assault rifle and could face dismissal.

54.   Sustained artillery and automatic fire came overnight from the northern part of Grozny the Chechen capital, only two days before a ceasefire was due to go into effect.

55.   The attackers unleashed automatic fire on mourners who had gathered at the home of the deceased.

56.   The attackers sprayed the crowd with automatic fire from Kalashnikov rifles in the Nahalat Shiva district, a favourite tourist haunt dotted with cafes and restaurants.