71.   While allowing either men or women to carry concealed handguns reduces the murder rate, the results are particularly dramatic for women.

72.   WHY MEN KILL The Achuar Indians of Ecuador have, by one count, the highest murder rate on Earth.

73.   Wintemute said the murder rate was slightly lower than average for men who bought handguns, but twice as high for women.

74.   Yet cities such as Los Angeles that have not embraced this approach have also seen big drops in murder rates in the past five years.

75.   Yet its murder rate ranks it sixth, and about half the murders are gun related.

76.   Among the findings were that murder rates were up significantly for elderly minority women and preschoolers.

77.   Amsterdam, often seen as peaceful, has three times the London murder rate, Straw added in a British Broadcasting Corp. television interview.

78.   But the country suffers a high murder rate and increase in drug-related violence.

79.   But the murder rate was cut in half in May, and violence in general appeared to be abating.

80.   Confronted with a soaring murder rate, Estonia is considering setting up special courts to handle organized crime, the government said Friday.