31.   A Muslim farmer cutting hay in a field in Bosnian Serb territory was fatally shot by unknown assailants, U.N. police said Friday.

32.   A prominent film director, whose documentary movie on the authoritarian president has been banned in Belarus, said Wednesday he was beaten up by unknown assailants.

33.   A ruling party leader was shot dead by unknown assailants as he was about to ride his car outside a garment factory, police said Friday.

34.   A Russian military officer and a police official for the pro-Moscow Chechen government were kidnapped Thursday in the breakaway republic by unknown assailants, officials said.

35.   A Russian serviceman and an unknown assailant were wounded in an attack early Sunday on an army base in a southern republic bordering on rebel Chechnya, officials said.

36.   A reporter shot in the back by unknown assailants is recovering and could leave the hospital within a week, doctors said Wednesday.

37.   A Russian crime reporter was beaten to death by unknown assailants just outside his home in eastern Siberia on Wednesday, a news report said.

38.   A Russian military officer was shot dead by unknown assailants in the Tajik capital, officials said Saturday.

39.   A Serb was ambushed on Friday by two unknown assailants, the U.N mission in Kosovo said Monday.

40.   A middle-aged woman died of lacerations to her head, shoulder and back inflicted by unknown assailants.