51.   Two other men were killed by snipers in central Karachi, police added.

52.   Undercover police will visit bars throughout the territory until the World Cup ends, police added.

53.   Francesco Papa was shot and killed by one or more gunmen who managed to flee, police added.

54.   Four of the injured had to be hospitalised, the police added.

55.   He has been taken to hospital, police added.

56.   He was taken into custody and officials then discovered his identity, police added.

57.   His two bodyguards and a couple of passersby were also injured in the blast, police added.

58.   His body was transported to the Moscow morgue, the police added.

59.   In a similar overnight attack, rebels killed a family of three in the southern Kashmiri township of Kokarnag, the police added.

60.   Indian security forces cordonned off the district and launched a house-to-house search for the bombers, believed to be Moslem separatist guerrillas, the police added.