1.   The toll mounted Friday when three Christians were found slain in sugar cane fields in the nearby village of El Zuheir.

2.   And in January, a Chinese-American was found slain in a Beijing bar.

3.   A short time later, Shalabi was found slain in his Brooklyn apartment.

4.   About a week later he was found slain.

5.   But she had been found slain in her Benedict Canyon home in Los Angeles last Christmas Eve, shot in the back of the head.

6.   He was found slain a week later in his apartment, which contained literature on terrorism, police said.

7.   In Dallas, a Pakistani man was found slain on the floor of his convenience store Saturday night, police and his family said.

8.   In the last two years, five prostitutes have been found slain in out-of-the-way spots in this gritty industrial city.

9.   On Sunday, a leader of the Islamic Armed Group, Abdelkader Hattab, his wife, and nine followers were found slain in a cave near Algiers.

10.   That year, two brothers from the nearby town of Qabatiya, suspected of being Israeli collaborators, were found slain.