1.   Japanese patrol boats fired warning shots Tuesday at two unidentified ships which ignored orders to stop and fled north into the Sea of Japan, coast guard authorities said.

2.   In the Sabra district of Gaza City police fired warning shots after one of their colleagues was wounded by a Palestinian suspect, police said.

3.   In the Sabra district of Gaza City police fired warning shots after one of their colleagues was wounded by a Palestinian suspect.

4.   Six Taiwanese military speed boats went in and fired warning shots to drive away the boats, the defense ministry said, adding no one was hurt.

5.   The government has eased a widely-ignored ban on firecrackers but has strongly campaigned against their use and warned against firing guns into the air.

6.   The mob was only dispersed after anti-riot units fired warning shots in the air, it added,