61.   Hundreds of Israeli troops raided an Islamic militant stronghold Saturday, and an Arabic TV station quoted witnesses as saying three Israeli soldiers were killed.

62.   However, Efe quoted a witness as saying the helicopter lost its tail after apparently striking a power cable.

63.   In Dhaka, The Bangladesh Observer quoted witnesses as saying a rickshaw puller and a shopkeeper were killed by a bomb during a battle Wednesday between rival groups.

64.   In the village of Sernovodsk, in western Chechnya, hundreds of men were rounded up, witnesses were quoted as saying.

65.   Investigators quoted witnesses as saying the victims were using an acetylene torch for welding when the nearby oil tank exploded.

66.   Israel army radio quoted witnesses as saying there were victims without limbs, and others who caught fire.

67.   Israel radio quoted witnesses as saying the men opened fire after the motorist got out of his car and attacked a border policeman who arrived on the scene.

68.   Israel radio quoted witnesses as saying the two bystanders opened fire after the motorist got out of his car and attacked a border policeman who arrived on the scene.

69.   Israel radio quoted witnesses as saying they saw an explosion near Bent Jbail, which is south of Tebnine.

70.   Ionescu was expected in front of his villa by four persons in a black Mercedes with a German license tag, the news agency Mediafax reported quoting witnesses.