61.   The detainees were beckoned out into the bright sunshine and met by soldiers and village leaders there to escort them home.

62.   The feuding clans are led by Ati Anti, a local village leader and Laurel Sapaat, a former local official, who was reportedly wounded in the clashes.

63.   The guards work under village leaders but are paid by the government.

64.   The program trains village leaders who then select young people to act as educators.

65.   The youth councils are supposed to be non-partisan but poll watchers said some government officials and village leaders were meddling because their children were among the candidates.

66.   They dispersed peacefully after pleas from the priests and village leaders.

67.   Three people were killed in the southeastern province of Sanliurfa in a shootout between two groups supporting rival candidates for the post of village leader, the agency said.

68.   Three suspected Muslim militants killed a Christian village leader Saturday in southern Egypt.

69.   Tolentino said soldiers found documents and identification cards indicating that Sahibul was working as a government village leader while serving as an Abu Sayyaf guerrilla.

70.   Two village leaders have been given the death sentence for beating a peasant to death, a report in a government newspaper said Friday.