1.   The attacker then tried to throttle her with wire.

2.   He says his attacker was trying to kill him and must be caught.

3.   ATTACKERS have tried to burn a man out of his Lisburn home.

4.   Attackers tried to kill a powerful Iranian official Sunday, adding to an atmosphere of unease at a time of growing tension between Iran and neighboring Afghanistan.

5.   If a hapless attacker tries to drill his way in, BMW says the material will wrap itself around the drill bit, rendering it useless.

6.   In Moscow, anti-NATO protesters scattered as police and gunmen exchanged shots in front of the U.S. embassy after attackers tried to fire a grenade launcher at the building.

7.   Ms. Crite apparently managed to escape after the attacker tried to strangle her.

8.   She said her attacker tried to snatch a ring from her left hand, which still throbs.

9.   The attackers had been trying to keep voters away from the polls to influence a local election.

10.   The victim was threatened with a gun, bound and sodomized before her attacker tried to strangle her.