41.   A senior journalist at the ITAR-Tass news agency has died from injuries suffered in an attack by unknown assailants, agency officials said Monday.

42.   A senior official with the Moscow-backed Interior Ministry was shot dead by unknown assailants Monday and his deputy was badly wounded.

43.   A popular crime reporter was hospitalized with serious injuries Monday after an unknown assailant splashed acid into her face at a bus stop, police said.

44.   A Turkish soldier was killed Thursday night when unknown assailants fired on a military base here, the Anatolia news agency said.

45.   A radio and newspaper journalist was shot dead by unknown assailants on a motorbike in the southern city of Pagadian, police said Tuesday.

46.   A top Serbian police official was gunned down by unknown assailants in Belgrade, media reported Friday.

47.   A Ugandan priest was being treated in a German clinic for serious injuries after being stabbed in the head by an unknown assailant, police said Tuesday.

48.   A Turkish soldier was killed Thursday night when unknown assailants fired on a military base here, the Anatolia news agency reported.

49.   According to Austrian radio, unknown assailants smashed a window and threw two Molotov cocktails into the office, causing a fire that was quickly put out by firefighters.

50.   Akin Birdal, the outspoken president of the independent Human Rights Association was gunned down in his office on Tuesday by two unknown assailants.