1.   A beacon of hopeThe only hope for people in these neglected areas is that a conscientious, caring district magistrate might arrive to solve their problems.

2.   At least seven men, five women and a child were shot and hacked, Kokrajhar district magistrate S. Thadou told The Associated Press.

3.   It caved in, drowning some of them, said Jeevesh Nandan, the district magistrate.

4.   Rescuers extricated him alive but he soon died in the hands of paramedics, said R. Deb, the additional district magistrate.

5.   Six to seven guerrillas lined up the victims outside their homes and shot them at point blank range, said Anurag Goyal, a district magistrate.

6.   The district magistrate of Varanasi told Deepa Mehta that a decision on whether she could continue shooting would be made Monday.

7.   The five New Zealand police officers signed their affidavits before Wellington district magistrate Eric Moore.

8.   The kidnapping of the district magistrate was initially thought to be a retaliatory action by the NSCN rebels.

9.   Also wounded was district magistrate Abdul Malek Bhuiyan, the source said.

10.   Anant Kumar Singh, the Muzaffarnagar district magistrate, has said police opened fire after failing to break up the protest with tear gas and clubs.