21.   Political killings and other human rights abuses have increased dramatically in the last year.

22.   Political killings have fallen since the mission arrived.

23.   Political killings of priests have long been an instrument of terror in Latin America, but Haiti has been spared.

24.   Political killings and the crime wave plaguing black townships has given South Africa a murder rate estimated to be five times that of the United States.

25.   The agency had been accused of knowingly hiring paid informers among Guatemalan military officers suspected in political killings.

26.   The guerrillas commit about a third of all political killings.

27.   The police deny that any political killings have taken place, attributing the deaths to personal disputes or other circumstances.

28.   The reported threats included harassment by armed and sometimes drunken men, nocturnal visits and reminders of past political killings.

29.   This was also the first political killing of a priest in memory here, although opponents of Aristide made many unsuccessful attempts to kill him.

30.   Thousands of suspected political killings were committed in Kurdish provinces during the war.