1.   The killing came as tensions already were rising between the local population and the refugees.

2.   News of the killing came as Serbs were preparing to bury two of their own dead, also reported killed Saturday.

3.   The killing came a day after an Israeli reserve soldier was killed in a firefight near the West Bank town of Nablus.

4.   The killing came one day after the senator, known for his fiery temperament, failed to block an amendment to a controversial gaming law that he wrote.

5.   The killing came as Arafat flew to Cairo for last ditch talks with Israeli Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben-Ami aimed at salvaging peace talks.

6.   The killing came just days before Gbetie was to leave Haiti.

7.   The killing came before Scopelliti was to hand down appeal rulings after the first mass trial of Sicilian Mafia leaders in Palermo.

8.   The killing came just three days before Clinton is to visit Haiti to throw the political spotlight on what has been widely considered a foreign policy success for him.

9.   The killing came only days after Palestinian justice minister Freih Abu Middein announced that anyone involved in such land sales would risk execution.