1.   Two days later a bomb exploded in an SLA controlled village, killing the mayor.

2.   Eight Colombian mayors have been killed this year, including one who was gunned down by the FARC earlier this month after failing to meet a deadline to quit.

3.   In November, rebels killed the mayor of one Antioquia town and the mayor-elect of another.

4.   Perhaps by virtue of his position, the mayor was not killed.

5.   Only six weeks earlier, gunmen shot and killed the mayor of the nearby town of Orito.

6.   A lone gunman killed a mayor campaigning for re-election in the central Philippines in the latest election-related violence, police said Wednesday.

7.   Armed men shot and killed the mayor of Nazimiye town in Tunceli on Friday, the Anatolia news agency said.

8.   Both sides have killed mayors they believe are too sympathetic to the other side.

9.   Gunmen shot and killed the mayor of a town in central Colombia as he left his home Friday morning on his way to city hall.

10.   Gunmen killed the mayor of a small town Thursday, amid increasing violence and insecurity in Haiti.