1.   Rioting in Dili, the capital of East Timor, broke out over the weekend after the alleged killing of an East Timorese merchant by Indonesian soldiers.

2.   Stevens said that at the time of the alleged killing, they were living in Independence, Mo.

3.   Taking its cue from an alleged racial killing in Texas, Congress stepped gingerly Wednesday into efforts to strengthen federal hate crime laws.

4.   The alleged mass killings follow reports that thousands of foreign Taliban soldiers have seized control of Kunduz from local Taliban authorities.

5.   The alleged killings were reported by refugees from the region to the United Nations High Commission on Refugees, which is investigating.

6.   The war crimes tribunal has indicted the Bosnian Serb commander, Ratko Mladic, and the Bosnian Serb leader, Radovan Karadzic, for the alleged killings around Srebrenica.

7.   U.S. Marines said they have not received any official reports about alleged killings of Arab or other prisoners.

8.   A key demand of the Council had been allowing foreign observers access to the scene of alleged killings and other abuse.

9.   A government army officer said the move followed a local dispute with the French soldiers over the alleged killing of a government army soldier.

10.   A host of other accusations taint the military, including alleged arbitrary killings and torture in several provinces that harbor small bands of separatist rebels.