1.   And unidentified assassins returned to Belfast too, as a Catholic man was fatally shot several times in the head in his Friendly Street home.

2.   Hours after masked men gunned down a lawyer for a prominent Sunni militant leader Tuesday, unidentified assassins shot and killed a Shiite activist in eastern Punjab province.

3.   Two unidentified assassins shot and killed a broadcaster inside a radio booth Monday while he was airing his crusading anti-crime program in the southern Philippines.

4.   Two unidentified assassins shot and killed a hard-hitting broadcaster Monday inside a radio booth while he was airing his crusading anti-crime program in the southern Philippines.

5.   Unidentified assassins shot to death a candidate for the Delhi state assembly in the first apparent political killing before a round of local elections later this month.