11.   Police shot and killed three unarmed protesters who took part in a rally Wednesday scheduled to coincide with another demonstration in support of military strongman Gen. Sani Abacha.

12.   Abacha, a military strongman whose regime had been the focus of human-rights protests, died Monday in Nigeria of a heart attack.

13.   An appellate court overturned the death sentence of former military strongman Chun Doo-hwan Monday, reducing his penalty to life imprisonment.

14.   Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos and Nigerian military strongman Sani Abacha were scheduled to arrive through the afternoon and evening.

15.   At the same time, in the political capital Abuja, a carefully orchestrated demonstration in support of Abacha urged the military strongman to run for the civilian presidency.

16.   Backing him is Youth Earnestly Ask for Abacha, or YEAA, a group solely dedicated to keeping their military strongman in power.

17.   But the investigation ended abruptly when military strongman Park Chung-hee took power in a coup the following year.

18.   Civic groups also planned street protests, demanding stern punishment for the two military strongmen.

19.   Forget the fact that a new military strongman has just replaced the old dictator.

20.   Former military strongman Chun Doo-hwan is sentenced to death after being convicted of mutiny and treason in South Korea.