11.   Gunmen have murdered a journalist from the Algerian press agency APS in the Moslem fundamentalist stronghold of Bachdjarah in eastern Algiers, authorities said Monday.

12.   In January, terrorists kidnapped and subsequently murdered American journalist Daniel Pearl as he was investigating a story on Islamic extremists in the port city.

13.   It noted that at least eight journalists had been murdered in mafia-style contract killings in Moscow and the provinces in the past two years.

14.   A South African journalist was subsequently murdered as he was driving on a road to the north of the country.

15.   An Algerian journalist was murdered Tuesday in Algiers, security services said.

16.   British-born militant Sheikh Omar denied in court Friday charges of kidnapping and murdering US journalist Daniel Pearl, lawyers told AFP.

17.   The PSD, which is nominally under the police department, has been accused of carrying out violent attacks against political rivals and murdering several journalists.

18.   Two Algerian journalists have been murdered in Boufarik, south of the capital Algiers, and three other civilians have been killed, security services announced Thursday.

19.   It recalled that four local Kashmiri journalists have been murdered by unidentified assailants in Kashmir during the past five years.

20.   Lawyers prosecuting four men accused of kidnapping and murdering US journalist Daniel Pearl wrapped up their case on Thursday, they said.