71.   Troops exchanged fire with gunmen in several localities.

72.   Troops exchanged fire with members of the LTTE at Pooneryn, leaving six rebels and two troopers killed on Tuesday, the ministry said.

73.   Ugandan and Sudanese troops exchanged artillery fire across the border Thursday, the government-owned New Vision reported Friday.

74.   Zairean and Rwandan troops exchanged fire across the border at the same spot over two nights at the end of September.

75.   Zairean and Rwandan troops exchanged heavy arms fire across the border between Goma and Gisenyi Friday, an AFP correspondent on the spot observed.

76.   Meanwhile eastern Zaire plunged into further chaos, as Zairean government troops exchanged cross-border fire with Rwandan soldiers and fought Tutsi rebels on the frontier with Rwanda.

77.   Meanwhile, Russian troops exchanged fire with Chechen rebels in a series of incidents overnight and early Thursday, mainly around Grozny, Russian army headquarters said.

78.   Meanwhile, Russian troops exchanged fire with Chechen rebels in a series of incidents overnight and early Thursday, mainly around Grozny, Russian army headquarters staff here said.

79.   Meanwhile, Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged small- and medium-range fire over their disputed Kashmir border in the Jammu division.

80.   Meanwhile a Muslim boy was injured overnight when Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged heavy artillery fire elsewhere in Kashmir.