21.   Prison authorities on the Rock said he was taken to hospital after guards spotted him about to make an attempt on his own life early on Sunday.

22.   An attempt on Tuesday failed, and there was no immediate information whether the later attempt was more successful.

23.   An attempt on Saturday to assassinate Alvaro Uribe Velez, the controversial governor of Antioquia, failed, but a parish priest was killed in the gunfire.

24.   An override attempt on Tuesday in the House came up three votes short of the needed two-thirds majority.

25.   Anger can be a destructive force, but for Monica Seles, rage over an attempt on her life eight years ago had a hidden benefit.

26.   As teachers returned to classrooms here after a weeklong strike and mass jailings, there were small attempts on Monday to soothe the bitterness.

27.   At least two plots against Mubarak have been disclosed and militants carried out unsuccessful assassination attempts on the prime minister and two other senior ministers.

28.   At their joint news conference, Shevardnadze was asked if he thought the assassination attempt on him might have been related to the oil pipeline dispute.

29.   Both Yilmaz and Mrs. Ciller made separate attempts on Friday to put together coalitions that would exclude the Welfare Party.

30.   A second was killed accidentally during an attempt on another man.