1.   Taliban forces engaged alliance troops in small-arms skirmishes and tanks and mortar duels throughout the day.

2.   During the mortar duels, Serbs raided U.N.-monitored weapons collection points and used the big guns to fire on government positions, U.N. officials said.

3.   During the mortar duels, Serbs raided U.N.-monitored weapons collection points and used the heavy weapons to fire on government positions, U.N. officials said.

4.   Fighting intensified at dusk around Hrasnica, a government suburb at the base of Igman, with mortar duels and machine-gun fire, the United Nations said.

5.   The fighting intensified at dusk around Hrasnica, a government suburb at the base of Igman, with mortar duels and machine-gun fire, the United Nations said.

6.   The two sides locked in a cross-border mortar duel on Wednesday near a Croat border village, said Chris Gunness, a U.N. spokesman in Zagreb.

7.   The two sides were locked in a cross-border mortar duel on Wednesday, said Chris Gunness, a U.N. spokesman in Zagreb.

8.   The two sides were locked in a cross-border mortar duel Wednesday, said Chris Gunness, a U.N. spokesman in Zagreb.