41.   The sources said the militants then opened fire with rockets on the remnants of the convoy, which was heading toward the front-line town of Kargil.

42.   The suspected militants opened fire when confronted, and all five were killed in a shootout, he said.

43.   They were making their way across the plantation when four militants opened fire with automatic rifles, a police official said.

44.   Two police and three passersby were wounded, either in the attack or when the militants opened fire on Lt. Col. Salah al-Shahat.

45.   Five Hindus were shot dead and three others critically injured Sunday when Islamic separatist militants opened fire on a village in the disputed region of Kashmir, police said.

46.   Five Hindus were shot dead and three others critically injured Sunday when suspected Islamic separatist militants opened fire on a village in south Kashmir, police said.

47.   In the district of Kupwara, bordering Pakistan, militants opened fire killing two women on the spot, he said.

48.   A plainclothes policeman was killed and a colleague and a passer-by wounded when suspected Islamic militants opened fire on two police stations in Malawi.

49.   A police official said militants opened fire at Indian troops when they were conducting raids on hideouts of Moslem guerrillas in Rafiabad town of the northern district.

50.   A sub-inspector of the Jammu and Kashmir police, was killed when militants opened fire on a police station in Parimpora village in another incident Sunday night.