11.   Earlier this month, soldiers shot dead two rebels during an ambush in Bobonaro regency.

12.   Earlier Friday, the rebels abducted three people from a bus and shot dead two of them.

13.   The violence took an apparently political turn Wednesday, when gunmen ambushed and shot dead two US consular employees with diplomatic status who were being driven to work.

14.   US Secretary of State Warren Christopher met Palestinian leaders in a highly symbolic visit to the autonomous Jericho enclave on Tuesday as Arab gunmen shot dead two Israeli settlers.

15.   Israeli troops shot dead two armed Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip Thursday, Israeli military sources said.

16.   Soldiers shot dead two suspected rebels in a clash at Bukit Hagu in North Aceh late Saturday evening, said an Aceh military spokesman, Major Zaenal Muttaqin.