1.   Gunmen killed a Tajik deputy and businessman in an overnight ambush in the northern part of the troubled former Soviet republic, security officials said Saturday.

2.   A police officer was killed and seven other people wounded in an overnight ambush by suspected Islamic militants in southern Egypt, the interior ministry said on Monday.

3.   A police officer was killed and seven other people wounded in an overnight ambush by suspected Islamic militants in southern Egypt, police said on Monday.

4.   An Indian army soldier died and three others were injured in an overnight ambush by Muslim militants in the northern state of Kashmir, police said here on Sunday.

5.   Moslem militants shot dead two soldiers and injured four others in an overnight ambush in the northern Indian state of Kashmir, the United News of India said Monday.