1.  Hundreds of people lined up Monday to mourn a slain opposition politician amid allegations a government minister was involved in the plot to kill her and scores of others.

2.  Security tightens ahead of funeral of slain opposition leader.

3.  The mother of a slain opposition journalist in Ukraine will soon get her day in court, her lawyer said Saturday.

4.  With pistols fired into the air by mourners, slain opposition politician Sifiso Nkabinde was buried on Sunday while his colleagues implored supporters to vote rather than to kill.

5.  Funeral services were held Saturday for slain opposition leader Gamini Dissanayake amid tight security and fears that sorrow could turn into anti-government violence.

6.  Hundreds of police armed with shock batons and assault rifles on Wednesday temporarily blocked the chaotic funeral procession of slain opposition newspaper editor, Thun Bun Ly.

7.  A night curfew in Sri Lanka will be lifted Friday, ahead of the national funeral for slain opposition leader Gamini Dissanayake, the defence ministry said.