11. Earlier this week, North Ossetian villagers detained five Ingush bus passengers in apparent retaliation for the kidnapping of seven of their neighbors in the Ossetian village of Batako. 12. Earlier in the day, a Buddhist temple in Sri Lanka was damaged by fire in an apparent retaliation for an arson attack on a Catholic church. 13. Gunmen from an IRA offshoot killed a Protestant shopkeeper Monday in apparent retaliation for the murders of four Catholics in the past three weeks. 14. Gunmen killed a Protestant shopkeeper Monday in apparent retaliation for the murders of four Catholics in the past three weeks. 15. He struck out six and walked three, and also hit Albert Belle with a pitch in apparent retaliation for an earlier brushback. 16. Hezbollah guerrillas rocketed northern Israel Tuesday, wounding six residents in apparent retaliation for a land mine blast that killed a Lebanese teen-ager overnight, security sources said. 17. In apparent retaliation for the bombings, Israeli warplanes struck suspected guerrilla hideouts and infiltration trails in an area near Jezzine Tuesday morning. 18. In apparent retaliation for the killings of the Fatah activists, Palestinians on Thursday repeatedly attacked Israeli troops and positions in Gaza. 19. In apparent retaliation, firebombs were thrown into a Christian church in the city of Utrecht. 20. In apparent retaliation, Serb forces shelled Bihac and its surroundings, which is one of six U.N.-declared safe zones. |