31.   A policeman was shot dead by an armed Muslim on the same day.

32.   A policeman was shot to death battling the militants, officials said.

33.   Also Thursday, three policemen were shot to death in the Kabylie region east of Algiers.

34.   An additional three Palestinian policemen were fatally shot in a clash in Gaza, and another Palestinian was killed inside Israel.

35.   An Associated Press reporter saw a rioter pull out a pistol and shoot a policeman in the leg.

36.   Also, a policeman was shot and wounded at a road checkpoint in Kukes in the northeast, the state news agency ATA reported.

37.   An undercover British soldier shot a policeman after a confused car chase early Wednesday, authorities said.

38.   Another policeman was shot and killed Tuesday in Carrefour, a seaside suburb of the capital, Port-au-Prince.

39.   And in another attack, two policemen were fatally shot by rebels at Kalawanchikudi town in the eastern district of Batticaloa on Monday.

40.   Another policeman was shot and wounded during clashes with protesters on Wednesday.