31.   An erroneous report that Russian forces had shot down a missile launched from northern Europe put governments and their militaries on full alert around the world Wednesday.

32.   Boasting of successes, Aliu said his forces shot down the Macedonian army helicopter transporting police officers that crashed Saturday on the slopes north of Tetovo.

33.   But the relative calm was broken Sunday evening when the Israeli forces shot dead the Palestinian militants in two separate confrontations only a short distance apart in Gaza.

34.   Clearly marked tags and accompanying photos identified the pieces and explained how Yugoslav forces shot it down.

35.   Croatian Serb forces shot down the helicopter, the Croatian Serb news agency ISKRA said.

36.   Egyptian police claimed on Wednesday that Israeli forces shot dead an Egyptian man at the border between the two countries.

37.   Five international police officers were injured by residents over the weekend after NATO forces shot and killed a war crimes suspect in the Bosnian Serb stronghold of Foca.

38.   Government forces shot and killed at least seven Tamil rebels who were trying to sneak into a northeastern military camp, officials said Thursday.

39.   Government forces shot five rebels to death Monday in a gunbattle on the outskirts of the provincial capital, Banda Aceh, said police spokesman Maj. Sudarsono.

40.   Government forces shot and killed five rebels during a search operation in northern Sri Lanka, the military said Tuesday.