1.   For the second straight day in Hebron, heavy machine-gun fire pounded the government compound where Palestinian police and gunmen wanted by Israel exchanged fire with troops.

2.   For the second straight day Wednesday heavy machine-gun fire pounded the fortress-like government compound from which Palestinian police and gunmen wanted by Israel returned fire.

3.   For the second straight day Wednesday, heavy machine-gun fire pounded the fortress-like government compound from which Palestinian police and gunmen wanted by Israel returned fire.

4.   Heavy artillery fire was heard pounding the countryside east of Freetown overnight Thursday.

5.   Mortar fire pounded Sarajevo today as Serbs and government defenders battled at front lines near the city.

6.   Three large rockets flew above Nhoma on Wednesday morning, one screaming past a small village on the outskirts of town, and artillery fire pounded the area.

7.   Incoming artillery fire pounded parts of southern Kabul Thursday, but no official information was available on the condition of the southern or western fronts.

8.   Witnesses in the area said artillery fire pounded the area around Argun all morning Friday in apparent softening up for assault.