11.   The weekend killings are just the latest in a growing number of attacks on civilian and government targets in the southern Republic of Congo.

12.   The U.S. State Department on Tuesday deplored the weekend killing of the refugees.

13.   However, the killing last weekend in Bosnia of two French peacekeepers by snipers has had strong repercussions in France.

14.   At least one person was killed Monday during demonstrations that erupted in the Burundian capital Bujumbura following the weekend killing of five people, including three Belgian nationals.

15.   Russian military prosecutors on Monday began an investigation into the weekend killing of Russian journalist Natalia Aliakina in Budennovsk, where she was covering the hostage crisis.