11.   A Kuwaiti policeman was hanged Sunday for killing his girlfriend by beating her unconscious during a boat ride, placing weights on her body and throwing her overboard.

12.   A man killed his girlfriend and then shot himself to death after they apparently stole the identity of a young woman traveling cross-country with them.

13.   A Japanese court sentenced an American sailor to four years in prison Wednesday for trying to kill his girlfriend during a fight last August.

14.   A man given life in prison without parole for killing his girlfriend was resentenced Friday after prosecutors realized the sentence was not allowed for his crime.

15.   A man has been charged with killing his girlfriend, and her family believes it was because she violated Muslim customs.

16.   A man accused of killing his girlfriend, her five children, and a local businessman pleaded guilty Tuesday to seven counts of first-degree murder.

17.   A prison inmate released on furlough for the holiday weekend was charged with killing his girlfriend on Sunday, police said.

18.   A man who killed his girlfriend and checked into a motel with her corpse was executed Wednesday after telling her family he was sorry.

19.   Among those executed was Xia Xianrong, a factory worker, who killed his girlfriend because her parents objected to their relationship, the paper said.

20.   Another of those executed was Su Zhibing, who killed his girlfriend in May after she broke up with him.