1.   Police defused a time bomb planted by leftist militants Tuesday at a branch of a center-right party, authorities said.

2.   Police stations in Istanbul have long been on alert against possible suicide attacks by leftist militants.

3.   Rebels killed five officers and a civilian at a police station in south Bogota, a poor area where leftist militants are active.

4.   A leftist prisoner died of burns Wednesday after setting himself on fire to protest the police break up of a weekend funeral for a leftist militant.

5.   A leftist prisoner died of burns Wednesday after setting himself on fire to protest the police breakup of a weekend funeral for a leftist militant.

6.   A third person died later when leftist militants damaged banks, stores and vehicles and threw stones at police.

7.   And there has been little reaction in Europe, possibly because the leftist militants are not popular there.

8.   As Germans observed the fifth birthday of their reunited nation Tuesday, leftist militants in Duesseldorf rioted before the start of the main Unity Day celebration there.

9.   As Germans observed the fifth birthday of their reunited nation Tuesday, protesting leftist militants in Duesseldorf rioted before the start of the main Unity Day celebration there.

10.   At least four leftist militants fatally set themselves ablaze Monday after police raided two homes to forcibly take hunger strikers to hospital.