21.   Police shot dead eight Islamic militants in gunbattles in the Aswan and Minya regions of southern Egypt, police said Tuesday.

22.   Police shot dead five militants in Cairo Sunday.

23.   Police shot dead five militants from the outlawed Jamaa Islamiyya in a gunbattle on the outskirts of Cairo earlier Sunday.

24.   Police shot dead three Moslem militants in southern Egypt on Saturday after discovering their hideout in a sugar cane field, police sources said.

25.   Police shot dead three militants in the same region the following day.

26.   Police shot dead three Moslem militants in separate raids in southern Egypt on Monday, police said.

27.   Police shot dead two Islamic militants in a gunbattle Friday in the southern Egyptian province of Asyut, police said.

28.   Police shot dead two Islamic militants who had entered Egypt from Sudan during a raid on their hideout in the southern province of Sohag on Thursday, police said.

29.   Security forces on Thursday shot dead three Moslem militants in the first such operation in the Aswan region of southern Egypt, police said.

30.   Separately, Indian security forces shot dead four militants in two separate encounters in Anantnag district, police said.