1.   A smuggling racket is killing thousands of exotic birds each year.

2.   A guerrilla uprising has raged for most of the last decade, killing thousands as Indian troops have been sent in to put it down.

3.   But the critics call the mission Casino Cassini and contend that an accident could do everything from lowering property values to killing thousands of people.

4.   For Bartlett, those window and aisle seats are no longer claimed by the ghosts of terrorists intent on killing thousands of strangers.

5.   If they are to be prevented from killing thousands, or hundreds of thousands, of fresh victims, their organization must be decapitated.

6.   Last year, a toxic microbe -- known as Pfiesteria piscicida -- was blamed for killing thousands of fish in the bay tributaries.

7.   The anthrax germ is relatively easy to obtain and grow, but turning it into a weapon capable of killing thousands is a major technical challenge.

8.   The UN presence did not prevent government soldiers from killing thousands of Hutu refugees this month.

9.   After his dismissal, Twagiramungu accused the RPF of killing thousands of Hutus in reprisal for the massacre of Tutsis.

10.   Amnesty International accused the Taliban troops of killing thousands of innocent civilians, a charge the Taliban denies.