11.   Radio Mindanao Network spoke to an unnamed town councilor who said at least one Abu Sayyaf commander was killed in the hospital siege.

12.   A car bomb killed a commander of the radical Palestinian group PFLP-General Command in the Lebanese capital on Monday, the group said.

13.   A car bomb killed a commander of the radical Palestinian group PFLP-General Command in the Lebanese capital on Monday.

14.   A Danish Leopard tank crashed on a bridge in northern Bosnia early Friday, killing its commander and seriously injuring one crew member, NATO officials said.

15.   A group of Russian soldiers shot and killed their commander and fled in an armored vehicle, but were tracked down and surrendered, a news report said Wednesday.

16.   A police commander was killed and two other police officers wounded in a shootout with an Albanian gang that crossed the border illegally on Saturday.

17.   A top Russian military commander was killed in Grozny Saturday as Russian forces sent shells and rockets raining onto the rebel capital, setting the presidential palace ablaze.

18.   A senior Burundi military commander was killed in fighting between the Tutsi-dominated army and Hutu rebels, an independent radio station said Wednesday.

19.   A Serb police commander was killed Tuesday and two other policemen wounded in the clashes with ethnic Albanian rebels.

20.   A top Russian commander was killed in Chechnya on Thursday as Russian forces pushed ahead with air and artillery attacks on several southern villages controlled by separatist rebels.