21.   The rebels have killed dozens of mayors and religious leaders who, like him, supported Russian rule in Chechnya and opposed the rebellion.

22.   When the government launched the assault, it announced that the rebels had already killed all the hostages.

23.   Pro-independence rebels killed a soldier in an attack on his house that left two other people injured, police said Thursday.

24.   Police are investigating a report that Kashmiri rebels have killed and buried four Western hostages they kidnapped nearly a year ago, an official said Wednesday.

25.   Pruthi denied knowing of Serb and ethnic Albanian policemen whose names Milosevic recited, saying they had been killed by the rebels.

26.   Police also said rebels killed four residents, including the young daughter of the police commander, and stormed into the town jail, executing three prisoners.

27.   Police are investigating reports that Kashmiri rebels have killed and buried four Western hostages they kidnapped a year ago, an official said Wednesday.

28.   Rebels have reportedly killed several dozen people in attacks in the area in the past several weeks.

29.   Rebels killed five officers and a civilian at a police station in south Bogota, a poor area where leftist militants are active.

30.   A driver and his helper were also killed by rebels who fired on their truck with the same type of weapon, army spokesman Capt. Noel Detoyato said.