21.   Chaisiri had his throat slit in his home by two hired killers.

22.   Three suspected hired killers have been detained for questioning over the slaying of popular television journalist Vladislav Listyev here last week, police said Tuesday.

23.   Nyo, the director of Irama Tara recording company, was apparently slain by a gang of hired killers near his home in downtown Jakarta in early March.

24.   Ou asked her daughter and a friend to find a hired killer and they went to Chen, the report said.