31.   He had been traveling to organize a meeting of regional legislators when the rebels shot him and his military escorts, it said.

32.   He denied reports that they were shot by rebels.

33.   He said the rebels shot at the military helicopter as it approached their jungle hideout, but the troops did not return fire.

34.   Hutu rebels shot to death four people in an attack in central Rwanda, the Rwanda News Agency reported Monday.

35.   In another attack Friday, rebels shot and killed a Buddhist Sinhalese priest and his driver in north-central Sri Lanka.

36.   In Argun on Sunday, rebels shot and killed the local pro-Moscow police chief, the Interfax news agency reported.

37.   In eastern Sri Lanka, rebels shot dead a government dental surgeon and wounded his wife at Akkaraipattu village in the Ampara district Monday, the statement said.

38.   In another attack Friday, rebels shot and killed two Buddhist priests in north-central Sri Lanka.

39.   In a separate attack, Ethnic Albanian rebels reportedly shot two Kosovo Serbs and apparently abducted another one in a road attack late Wednesday.

40.   In another attack, rebels shot and killed a Buddhist Sinhalese priest and his driver in north-central Sri Lanka.