1.   There was scattered gunfire and looting in the area.

2.   Scattered gunfire was heard yesterday.

3.   There was sporadic gunfire around dawn and scattered gunfire crackled into the night.

4.   Amid scattered gunfire from the house, Leach negotiated with officers by telephone.

5.   As scattered gunfire echoed through the capital, Botswanan soldiers shooed looters away from wrecked shops.

6.   Despite reports of scattered gunfire after midnight Thursday, streets in the capital remained calm Friday, a Muslim day of worship.

7.   Despite reports of scattered gunfire after midnight, streets in the capital remained calm Friday, a Muslim day of worship.

8.   Dili was quiet today, without the scattered gunfire that has been going on for days.

9.   It also reported scattered gunfire exchanges in the West Bank.

10.   Macedonian police accused ethnic Albanian militants of scattered gunfire against police checkpoints in the volatile northwest of the country, populated mostly by the ethnic Albanians.