71.   Two groups of suspected Palestinian gunmen, the focus of the standoff, were staying at hotels in Gaza and Cyprus after being transported away from Bethlehem.

72.   Two groups of suspected Palestinian gunmen, the focus of the standoff, were enjoying the facilities of hotels in Gaza and Cyprus after being transported away from Bethlehem.

73.   While waiting to interview an imprisoned paramilitary commander seven months ago, newspaper reporter Jineth Bedoya was kidnapped, beaten and raped by suspected paramilitary gunmen.

74.   Five other people, including a suspected gunman, were taken to hospital suffering shock, the services said.

75.   His deputy, Karavai Kandasamy, was killed by suspected LTTE gunmen on Saturday.

76.   In a hectic day of scattered violence, Israeli security sources said four suspected Palestinian gunmen were shot dead as they crossed the normally calm border from Jordan.

77.   In Colombo, suspected LTTE gunmen killed Kumaraswamy Vinothan, who was known to President Chandrika Kumaratunga, police said.

78.   In other skirmishes in the north of the island, the defence ministry said that three suspected LTTE gunmen had been killed.

79.   In the most recent incident, suspected Muslim militant gunmen attacked five police checkpoints in three southern provinces in December, killing five police officers and a civilian guard.

80.   In the north-east of the country, a suspected Tiger gunman shot dead a senior government official at the town of Trincomalee, the ministry said.