41.   Rebel raids and government counterattacks have claimed hundreds of lives in recent months, most of them unarmed civilians.

42.   A federal lawmaker belonging to the minority Tamil community Tuesday accused Sri Lankan police of burning down a Tamil village and attacking unarmed civilians.

43.   A forensic team investigating the January slayings of Kosovo Albanians concluded Wednesday that the victims were unarmed civilians, killed at about the same time.

44.   A Tamil lawmaker accused Sri Lankan police Tuesday of burning down a Tamil village and attacking unarmed civilians.

45.   A soldier went before a military tribunal Saturday on charges of killing six unarmed East Timorese civilians in the former Portuguese colony early this year.

46.   A number of Russian soldiers have surrendered rather than fight and, in a few instances, commanders refused to advance or fire on unarmed civilians.

47.   Amnesty said most of the victims of the new wave of human rights violations are unarmed civilians, including children.

48.   At least several hundred unarmed civilians are killed.

49.   Bahraini authorities have killed unarmed civilians, and used torture and unlawful imprisonment to quell insurgents, Amnesty International said Tuesday.

50.   Beer-bellied gunmen shooting unarmed civilians in a black homeland turned tail when police shot three of the whites dead.