1.   Thousands of landless agricultural workers, who relied on the farms and their own two hands to feed and clothe their families, are now jobless.

2.   A relative of Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao was kidnapped by leftist rebels fighting for landless workers in a southern Indian state, news agencies reported Thursday.

3.   It was the latest in a series of fatal clashes between hired gunmen working for landowners and communist-backed militias supporting landless workers.

4.   Many landless rural workers in Brazil organize squatters settlements in an effort to find a place to live.

5.   The Ranvir Sena, a private militia run by feudal landlords, regularly clashes there with communist-backed militias supporting landless workers.

6.   The Ranvir Sena, an army employed by feudal landlords, regularly clashes in Bihar with communist-backed militias supporting landless workers.