81.   The Tamils were killed when policemen retaliated after rebels shot dead a paramilitary guard in eastern Ampara district on Sunday, residents said.

82.   The Taliban religious army and its opposition fought in a strategic area in eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border, foreign residents said Friday.

83.   The wisdom of that decision has been questioned by some who say residents more vulnerable than ever without U.N. troops actually present.

84.   Two civilians were killed when police retaliated after rebels shot dead a paramilitary guard in eastern Ampara district on Sunday, residents said.

85.   Two people died when security forces fired at young men who were hurling rocks, said residents who spoke on condition of anonymity.

86.   Troops also demolished the home of Nasser Asidi, a Hamas activist, residents said.

87.   Two rockets struck homes in the Karadat Mariam district west of Baghdad at just after midnight, residents said.

88.   Twenty-four civilians were hit by shelling and hospitalized in Vavuniya, said local residents contacted by telephone.

89.   Two helicopter gunships attacked the village, said a resident who spoke on condition of anonymity.

90.   Two people died when security forces fired at young men who were hurling rocks, said residents who requested anonymity.