21.   Williams told him that he killed her near where her body was buried.

22.   Outside Grozny, a Chechen sniper was killed near the village of Orekhovo after opening fire on Russian Interior Ministry troops, the Interfax news agency said Wednesday.

23.   Pvt. Andrew Creasy was killed near the end of World War I resisting a final, desperate offensive by German forces through the Somme.

24.   A man was killed near the Mediterranean town of Adana under an avalanche and a child froze to death during a blizzard on the weekend, Anatolia said.

25.   A Palestinian was shot and killed Sunday near a Jewish settlement in the West Bank, police said.

26.   A journalist recently threatened with death by Islamic fundamentalist militants was shot and killed Friday near his home, his newspaper said.

27.   A Palestinian in civilian clothes was killed near a crossing point between Israel and Gaza.

28.   A Palestinian was shot and killed near a Jewish settlement in the West Bank, police said.

29.   A settler security chief was shot and killed near the West Bank town of Nablus earlier in the day.

30.   A Serb farmer was killed near Podujevo and Albanian sources reported a police attack in the same region.