11.   But when state troopers in Sao Paulo killed eight people in several separate shootings last weekend, it caused barely a ripple in public opinion.

12.   Five policemen and three suspected Muslim extremists died in separate shootings Thursday in southern Egypt, police officials said.

13.   In a separate shooting, a policeman was wounded near a hospital, Tropic FM radio reported.

14.   Meanwhile, police in India-controlled Kashmir said the victims from two separate shootings included one suspected Muslim militant and a Kashmiri civilian.

15.   Meanwhile, a police detective and a suspected militant were killed in separate shootings Saturday in Minya province, the site of frequent clashes between police and militants.

16.   Meanwhile, two pregnant Palestinian women were injured in separate predawn shootings Sunday and Monday at the same earthen roadblock in the volatile West Bank town of Nablus.

17.   Nine people were killed in two separate shootings late Sunday in central Israel, Israel Radio said.

18.   On Tuesday, two off-duty police officers were wounded in separate shootings.

19.   On Tuesday, two off-duty policeman were wounded in separate shootings.

20.   On Tuesday, two unarmed off-duty policemen were wounded in separate shootings.