11.   A more moderate Shiite group, the London-based Bahrain Freedom Movement, condemned the latest attack.

12.   A spokesman for a rival Shiite group called the Shiite Movement denied any involvement in the killings.

13.   All reportedly were slain by militant Sunni Muslims who say Iran, a country of mostly Shiite Muslims, is financing radical Shiite groups in Pakistan.

14.   All attempts to get the two Shiite groups to agree on a joint ticket failed.

15.   Arad was believed captured by the Amal militia, a Shiite group backed by Syria.

16.   Bahrain has been wracked by political unrest in recent months, with Shiite groups staging protests to press demands for political reforms and improved social conditions.

17.   Both brothers were activists of the militant Shiite group, known as the Movement for the Enforcement of Shiite law.

18.   But the electoral battle was heated between Hezbollah and the pro-Syrian mainstream Amal movement, also a Shiite group.

19.   But the Shiite group members said the rally participants started the violence.

20.   Dr. Naqvi was a member of the Supreme Council of the Tehrik Jafria Pakistan, the leading hard-line Shiite group.