11.   He was in a taxi when the gunman hijacked the vehicle to escape from police.

12.   Like bandits of old, masked gunmen hijacked a goods train in a quiet siding Monday and made off with their booty.

13.   Masked gunmen hijacked an armored car Friday and got away with as much as a half-million dollars.

14.   Pro-Chechen gunmen hijacked a Turkish Cypriot airliner Friday, forced it to land in Bulgaria and then headed toward Germany after refueling, officials said.

15.   The gunmen hijacked the bus Tuesday morning, demanding the release of five Chechens jailed for hijacking.

16.   Three unidentified gunmen hijacked a passenger bus in Uzbekistan, killed three police officers and then were themselves killed by police, officials said Wednesday.

17.   Unidentified gunmen hijacked a German tour bus Monday in the tourist town of Luxor in southern Egypt and exchanged gunfire with police, officials said.

18.   Unidentified gunmen hijacked a German tour bus in the tourist town of Luxor in southern Egypt Monday, and exchanged gunfire with police, officials said.

19.   Tiger gunmen hijacked the bus to a lonely stretch of road and then sprayed the passengers with gunfire, officials said.

20.   It landed in Israel after being hijacked by gunmen during an internal flight on Tuesday.