41.   Government forces shot down a rebel helicopter Friday over an eastern suburb of Kinshasa, witnesses said.

42.   He said government forces shot down one of the attacking planes, which crashed into a residential part of town.

43.   He said his forces shot down a Zimbabwean aircraft on Saturday, killing an air force officer on board.

44.   He told reporters that Russian forces shot back in both incidents.

45.   HEBRON, West Bank -- Israeli security forces shoot dead three suspected Palestinians militants Sunday in the West Bank town of Hebron, Israel radio said.

46.   However, at the beginning of the campaign last month, security forces shot and killed eight farmers who were protesting the state poppy policy in Helmand province.

47.   In Jerusalem, the Israeli army said its forces shot at a Lebanese who was climbing a ladder in an attempt to cross the border.

48.   In Tulkarem, a town near the line between the West Bank and Israel, Israeli forces shot and killed three Palestinians.

49.   In violence Sunday, Israeli forces shot surface-to-surface missiles toward three factories in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian security officials and witnesses said.

50.   Indonesian forces shot and killed two insurgents in an ambush in the east of the province on Sunday, military spokesman Maj. Zaenal Muttaqin said.