31.   A suspected anti-Catholic militant was killed when the pipe bomb he was carrying exploded in his face, police said Friday.

32.   A suspected Islamic militant was killed Friday when a car parked outside his electronics store exploded, Palestinian officials said.

33.   A Palestinian militant was killed Monday when a car blew up as he was walking past, in the West Bank city of Nablus, Palestinian police said.

34.   After the militant was killed, security troops entered the mosque and were helping to clear up the debris.

35.   Also Friday, police said four government soldiers and five militants had been killed in a gunbattle that began a day earlier in the district of Badgam.

36.   Also on Sunday, four militants were killed in yet another gunbattle in Poonch.

37.   All the militants were killed by Thai commandos.

38.   An Indian army spokesman said eight militants were killed when they tried to cross the border in the disputed province of Kashmir.

39.   An Islamic militant was killed Wednesday when a bomb he was making blew up in the PLO-ruled Gaza Strip, Palestinian police said.

40.   Another militant was killed in the border district of Kupwara.