31.   In the neighbouring village of Barzalla, gunmen abducted a contractor whom they shot dead, said police, who also blamed the north Kashmir killings on Hizbul.

32.   Two university professors were abducted by gunmen near this southern city, police said Friday.

33.   Unidentified gunmen abducted a village chief in Pidie district and later shot him dead on Wednesday, residents said.

34.   Unidentified gunmen Friday abducted a journalist working for the leading Pakistani daily, Dawn, police said.

35.   Unidentified gunmen on Sunday abducted two Muslims from the village of Sedav in Pulwama district, whose dead bodies were found on Monday.

36.   Searchers have found four of five Americans abducted by gunmen Saturday, but the fifth was dead, Radio Tanzania reported Sunday, quoting the US embassy.

37.   Suspected Islamic fundamentalist gunmen abducted seven French Trappist monks early Wednesday in the biggest kidnapping of foreigners in four years of unrest in Algeria, officials said.