1.   In Gaza, quick-on-the-trigger Palestinian policemen shot dead three protesters in an ominous clash with their own people.

2.   A year earlier, a drunken off-duty policeman shot dead three gypsies.

3.   Dozens of Palestinians hurled stones at Israeli troops in Hebron and a nearby refugee camp Wednesday, a day after soldiers shot dead three Palestinian laborers at a roadblock.

4.   In another incident outside Srinagar, unidentified gunmen shot dead three people, one of them a six-month old infant, police said.

5.   Interior Minister Lyubomir Nachev recently resigned after gunmen shot dead three policemen in Sofia.

6.   Palestinians hurled stones at Israeli troops in Hebron and a nearby refugee camp Wednesday, a day after soldiers shot dead three Palestinian laborers at a roadblock.

7.   Russian diplomats said the man broke into the Russian Embassy compound in central Pyongyang after shooting dead three North Korean security guards and wounding one.

8.   Russian diplomats said the man, identified as Cho Myong Kil, broke in after shooting dead three North Korean security guards and wounding one.

9.   Thai police shot dead three men robbing a hotel in a beach resort city, police officials said Tuesday.

10.   GAM spokesman for the Aceh Besar district, Ayah Sofyan, said rebels shot dead three soldiers who were conducting a sweep at Indrapuri near Banda Aceh on Wednesday.