1.   The firefight lasted four hours, and al-Qaida suspects fired rockets and grenades at the Pakistani troops, officials said.

2.   Dunlop said the firefight lasted for several minutes and police were still searching for the gunmen.

3.   The firefight lasted several hours.

4.   The Tajik Interior Ministry said the firefight lasted for five hours.

5.   Witnesses said a sustained firefight lasted at least a half-hour.

6.   The spokesman said the firefight lasted several minutes after which US forces withdrew from the area.

7.   Two hundred Chechen rebels attacked the column, Grachev said, adding that the firefight lasted three hours.

8.   US bombers and gunships responded and an ensuing firefight lasted about an hour.

9.   The firefight lasted some five minutes and ended immediately when the troops recognized each other, he added.

10.   The firefight had lasted for about three hours.