1.   U.S. Seventh Fleet warships bombard a Japanese air base and supply depot at Rosario on the eastern arm of Lingayen Gulf, blowing up an enemy ammunition dump.

2.   But the group skirted the issue of military intervention, even as Nigerian warships bombarded the Sierra Leone capital of Freetown in an attempt to unseat the military government.

3.   Nigerian warships bombarded the port capital of Freetown, pounding away at the headquarters of the leaders of a week-old military coup.

4.   Sri Lankan warships bombarded a Tamil Tiger rebel base on the northeastern coast early Wednesday, a naval official said.