51.   A Palestinian policeman shot and killed an election worker counting votes in a village near here late Saturday for historic Palestinian elections, police officials said Sunday.

52.   Congolese policemen shot dead a wounded militiaman of the ruling party who was in the Brazzaville central hospital for treatment after a gun battle, witnesses said Monday.

53.   The other three policemen did not shoot at him for fear of hitting passers-by, the source said.

54.   The poll went off with few incidents, but in Salem village near Nablus a Palestinian policeman shot and killed an election worker counting votes late Saturday.

55.   The policemen reportedly shot the two men in their necks after a chase.

56.   Two policemen shot and winged a Palestinian who lunged at a group of Israelis with an axe on Monday outside Jerusalem, the authorities said.

57.   Police said a man was shot dead and a policeman shot and wounded at the end of the rally.

58.   Policemen shot dead four Islamic militants hiding in a sugar cane field along the Nile river in southern Egypt, authorities said.

59.   Policemen shot dead an Irish Roman Catholic missionary during a bungled rescue mission in western Kenya, his colleagues said Thursday.

60.   Policemen shot dead two university students during a campus demonstration in December.