1.   A fellow rapper, Snoop Doggy Dogg, was acquitted of a gang-related killing this year.

2.   It was the third killing this year of a ruling party politician in the Indian-controlled sector.

3.   The only area that recorded more killings this year was northern Queens, which comprises the neighborhoods Flushing, Corona and College Point, among others.

4.   These factors have helped cities like Boston, New York and Washington, D.C., to ride a downward wave of killings this year.

5.   It was the eighth killing this year.

6.   It was the sixth killing this year of a WFP staffer and the third this month.

7.   It was the sixth killing this year of a WFP staffer worldwide and the third this month.

8.   New York cab drivers who saw a jump in killings this year will get more help from the government, through a new safety training program.

9.   Tamil Tiger rebels executed an alleged police informer near this eastern town, the sixth such killing this year, travelers from rebel-held areas said Saturday.

10.   There are hundreds of contract killings every year.