21.   Crack Israeli troops on Sunday shot dead three top-level HAMAS militants in an ambush on their car, Palestinian sources said.

22.   Crack Egyptian security forces shot dead three Islamic militants during a raid on their hideout while another group of militants killed a police officer, authorities said.

23.   Egyptian security forces shot dead three Islamic militants in a clash at their hideout in the fundamentalist hotbed of Minya on Thursday, police said.

24.   The Tigers also shot dead three soldiers in a separate confrontation.

25.   Three masked militants shot dead three policemen and wounded a civilian in a market in Manfalut near Asyut on Wednesday.

26.   Israeli forces on Sunday shot dead three militants near the border with Jordan, on the southern edge of the Golan Heights, Israeli security sources told AFP.

27.   Last month gunmen in a speedboat shot dead three passengers in another boat.

28.   Last month gunmen in a speedboat shot dead three passengers in another boat, also in the Bay of Ambon.

29.   Last week, the army shot dead three Palestinian policemen.

30.   Masked Moslem militants shot dead three policemen and wounded a passer-by in a market in southern Egypt on Wednesday, police said.