11.   A spate of attacks on police forces continued in Moldova on Thursday, with two officers shot dead overnight, the interior ministry said Thursday.

12.   An armed man belonging to the radical group Islamic Jihad was shot dead overnight by an Israeli patrol in the northern Gaza Strip, the army said.

13.   Three others were killed in the sprawling industrial district, while police found bodies of two more people shot dead overnight.

14.   Two more militants were shot dead overnight by troops, backed by village security forces, in the Doda district.

15.   Three people were shot dead overnight in various sniper attacks, but these shootings were not related to the religious tension, police said.

16.   Three others were killed in the sprawling industrial area of Korangi while police found bodies of two more people shot dead overnight.

17.   Two Palestinian men were shot dead overnight during a military incursion by Israeli tanks and troops into the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian security and hospital sources said Friday.

18.   On Wednesday, police reported at least nine people had been shot dead overnight.

19.   Police said three members of Hizbul were shot dead overnight during a cordon and search operation by security forces in the village of Vilgam in Kupwara district.

20.   Ten people were shot dead overnight by unknown gunmen in an attack on Nsimbibi black township near the KwaZulu-Natal province coastal town of Port Shepstone, police said Saturday.