1.   And lest anyone doubt Belgrade, one of the few prominent independent Serbian journalists was recently shot dead near his home.

2.   Monarrez and another gang member then chased Orozco through the housing project and shot him near a church about two blocks away, he said.

3.   A soldier was shot dead near the West Bank town of Tulkarem, the army said.

4.   An Italian working for the U.N. World Food Program was robbed and then shot dead near his home in the Burundian capital, police sources said Friday.

5.   An anti-government protestor was shot dead near the capital, police said.

6.   Two anti-government protesters were shot dead near the capital, police said.

7.   A leading Basque businessman and campaigner against extortion by the separatist group ETA was shot dead near his home early Friday, Spanish authorities said.

8.   Barely a year later he was dead, ambushed and shot dead near Cork, in the south of the republic.

9.   Palestinian security sources confirmed a Palestinian had been shot dead near the Erez checkpoint, but could not confirm his identity.

10.   TASS said shooting near Grozny had also ceased.