<strong><span class="subhead">1 LEBANESE TROOPS, HEZBOLLAH CLASH IN BEIRUT</span></strong></p><p>BEIRUT, Lebanon | Battles raged Thursday in Beirut after the leader of Hezbollah accused Lebanon&#8217;s government of declaring war on his Shiite militant group. | A12</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">2. TERROR LEADER REPORTEDLY NABBED IN IRAQ</span></strong></p><p>BAGHDAD | Police commandos captured Abu Ayyub al-Masri, the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, in a raid in Mosul, Iraqi officials said Thursday. The U.S. military in Baghdad said it was striving to confirm the report. <strong>| A11</strong></p><p><strong><span class="subhead">3. SPAIN WANTS BOOTY FROM SHIPWRECK</span></strong></p><p>MADRID, Spain | Spain laid claim Thursday to a shipwreck that yielded a $500 million treasure, saying it has proof the vessel was Spanish. Officials demanded the return of the booty recovered last year by a U.S. deep-sea exploration firm, saying the shipwreck is a Spanish warship sunk by the British southwest of Portugal in 1804.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">4. FEDERAL POLICE CHIEF SLAIN IN MEXICO</span></strong></p><p>MEXICO CITY | Acting Federal Police Chief Edgar Millan Gomez was shot dead Thursday outside his home, an attack that comes as drug traffickers lash back at a nationwide crackdown on organized crime.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">5. OLMERT SAYS HE&#8217;LL LEAVE IF CHARGED</span></strong></p><p>JERUSALEM | Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert denied fresh accusations that he illegally accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from a U.S. citizen but said Thursday he would step down if indicted.