31.   Meanwhile, Indian troops shot dead three Islamic rebels in the southern Kashmir district of Udhampur Wednesday, police said.

32.   On Monday soldiers shot dead three rebels in the Darul Makmur area of West Aceh, said district police spokesman Dadek Ahmad.

33.   On Friday security forces shot dead three Islamic militants when they stormed their hideouts in the Abu Qurqas area.

34.   Palestinian guerrillas who shot dead three Israeli soldiers on the Jordan border did not launch the attack from Jordanian territory, an inquiry by the Jordanian army concluded Thursday.

35.   Police said suspected militants shot dead three persons, including a woman in southern Kashmir districts of Rajouri and Udhampur Saturday.

36.   Police said suspected rebels also shot dead three civilians at three different places in northern Baramulla district.

37.   Police shot dead three people as Hindu and Muslim mobs clashed during the night, pelting each other with stones and throwing crude explosive devices.

38.   Police shot dead three people in clashes in Lagos on Wednesday, witnesses said.

39.   Police shot dead three Moslem militants in southern Egypt on Saturday after discovering their hideout in a sugar cane field, police sources said.

40.   Police shot dead three militants in the same region the following day.