31.   The killings followed a religious dispute among the policemen.

32.   Witnesses said the killing Saturday followed the killings of two other suspected witches on Friday after a teenager who was abducted and tortured identified his assailants.

33.   His killing followed the fatal shooting on Sunday of a pregnant Catholic woman married to a Republican militant.

34.   UN spokesman Zouaoui Benamadi confirmed that the killings followed a clash between guerrillas and soldiers in which an army second lieutenant was killed.

35.   The killing follows two other attacks on westerners in China in a little over one month.

36.   The killings followed a pre-dawn assault by LTTE cadres in the northwest Mannar region against the Thallady police post.

37.   The latest killings followed a daring rocket attack on the provincial government building Monday in which seven people were injured.

38.   The killing followed state government assurances of tight security for the thousands of Hindus expected to travel next month to the holy Amarnath cave in the Kashmir mountains.

39.   The killing followed the fatal shooting on Sunday of a pregnant Catholic woman married to a Republican militant.

40.   The killings followed a rocket attack Monday on the provincial government building in which seven people were injured.