31.   Residents said guerrillas ambushed and killed two Kurdish village guards as a captured PKK rebel was leading them to other rebels in hiding.

32.   Serb police had armed some ethnic Albanian village guards in certain areas of southwestern Kosovo.

33.   Seven soldiers and four pro-government village guards have also been killed in the fighting.

34.   Seven soldiers and four village guards, fighting along with the army against the insurgents, were also killed, the Anatolia news agency said.

35.   Seven soldiers and four village guards, helping the troops in their fight against the insurgents, were also killed in the clashes on Tuesday, the agency said.

36.   Several thousand village guards are fighting along with the Turkish army against the autonomy-seeking rebels.

37.   Six village guards, armed against the rebels by the Turkish government, also died in one of the clashes in the Siirt province, it added.

38.   Six village guards, helping the troops in their fight against the rebels, were also killed, said the local authorities.

39.   Suspected militants on Saturday killed a village guard and a civilian in a southern Egyptian village, police said.

40.   The Anatolia said the operations were moved further east toward Hakkari province on Wednesday with the participation of thousands of village guards and warplanes from the air.