41.   In one incident hooded men torched seven vehicles in the parking lot of the Municipal Corporation building, guards told AFP.

42.   A week ago, a hooded man claiming to be an officer of the National Guard made public statements against Chavez.

43.   Earlier this month, the brother of the Chief Minister of southern Sindh province was shot dead by unidentifed hooded men.

44.   Early Tuesday a bus in the town of Portugalete was attacked and set on fire by a group of hooded men who escaped before they could be apprehended.

45.   Witnesses reached by phone from Athens said hooded men stole large amounts of medicine from the hospital, which had recently received an aid shipment from Greece.

46.   Witnesses said several hooded men had entered the building beforehand and fled afterwards.

47.   The hooded men went from house to house in a poor neighborhood of Cartegena and simply gunned down the young men, police said.