61.   Police and rebels exchanged fire early Saturday near the northern Macedonian town of Kumanovo when militants attacked a police checkpoint there, police spokesman Stevo Pendarovski said.

62.   Police exchanged fire with a group of protesting Shiite Muslims in central Pakistan on Thursday.

63.   Pakistani and Indian troops exchanged small arms fire overnight in southern sectors of Kashmir, but there were no immediate reports of casualties, police said.

64.   Palestinian gunmen and Israeli soldiers often exchange fire in the border area.

65.   Palestinian police exchanged fire Friday with wanted Muslim militant gunmen holed up in a Gaza City apartment building, and two officers were hurt.

66.   Palestinians and Israeli forces exchanged fire near Jerusalem.

67.   Pakistani and Indian troops exchanged small arms fire overnight in southern sectors of Kashmir, but there were no immediate reports of casualties, Pakistani officials said Friday.

68.   Pakistanis and Indian soldiers who face off along the disputed Kashmir border routinely exchange fire.

69.   Palestinian gunmen and Israeli troops exchanged fire in two locations, near the Jewish settlement of Netzarim in Gaza and south of the West Bank town of Nablus.

70.   Palestinian university students protesting U.S. air strikes against Afghanistan exchanged fire with Palestinian police Monday in the worst internal fighting in several years.