ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, January 07, SPA -- Suspected militants fatally shot eight tribal leaders involved in efforts tobroker a cease-fire between security forces and insurgentsin Pakistan's northwest, authorities said Monday. The tribal leaders were killed in separate attacks lateSunday and early Monday in South Waziristan, a mountainousregion close to Afghanistan, a security official and themilitary said in a statement quoted by the Associated Press.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/515378