61.   One Turkish security official was also killed.

62.   One local official was killed and medicines and money were stolen in the attack, officials and residents said.

63.   One security official was also killed in the fighting.

64.   Rebels have recently stepped up their attacks in Vedeno and other southern districts, killing pro-Moscow officials and spraying government buildings with gunfire.

65.   Roadside bombs explode in south Lebanon, kill guerrilla official.

66.   Several senior regional officials have been killed in recent years and dozens of Crimean officials and city councilmen are currently being investigated for alleged corruption.

67.   The accident came a week after five security officials were killed and nine seriously injured in a collision in northern Jordan also blamed on speed.

68.   The court also sentenced to death Yao Chunlong for an attack that killed an official and seriously injured his wife.

69.   The Islamic Salvation Army said two Salvation Front officials also were killed.

70.   The provincial government said a total of seven Arabs and six security officials were killed.