1.   Artillery battles pitting Israeli and allied militia gunners against Shiite Muslim guerrillas rocked south Lebanon on Saturday.

2.   Flowers and palm trees sit in gardens where militia gunners once had their artillery dugouts.

3.   Israeli and South Lebanon Army militia gunners retaliated with artillery fire on Hezbollah strongholds facing the occupied enclave.

4.   Israeli and militia gunners retaliated by firing dozens of shells fired on suspected guerrilla hideouts opposite the occupied zone.

5.   Militia gunners also blasted suspected guerrilla hideouts and infiltration trails, security officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

6.   Taliban Islamic militia gunners on Sunday pounded the frontlines north of Kabul after rival faction infantry forces attempted an early-morning offensive, an AFP reporter said.