1.   Israeli tanks and sniper nests continued to ring the church, which stands on a site traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus.

2.   Reporters saw the bodies of three shabbily dressed al-Qaida fighters in a sniper nest riddled with machine-gun bullets.

3.   The front yard once bristled with razor wire, and Jordanian gunmen took aim from sniper nests on the far side.

4.   Outside Gajre, rebels reinforced bunkers and sniper nests.

5.   A sniper nest on top of a ridge contained three dead al-Qaida fighters, their bodies shredded by heavy machine gun fire.

6.   Bosnian government soldiers made good on their side of the bargain Wednesday by withdrawing from their mountain-top sniper nests outside the capital of Sarajevo.

7.   Bosnian government soldiers in winter-white camouflage made good on their side of the bargain Wednesday by withdrawing from their mountaintop sniper nests outside Sarajevo.

8.   Other troops fortified observation posts and sniper nests.

9.   Sources speaking on condition of anonymity said the rebels had been using the building as a sniper nest.

10.   Sources speaking on condition of anonymity said the rebels were using the building as a sniper nest.