21.   OSCE senior official in Bosnia has jeep hijacked by gunmen.

22.   Police shot dead Friday the fourth and last hostage taker at large to end a crisis caused when the gunmen hijacked a schoolbus, an Interior Ministry spokesman said.

23.   The Avrasya ferry, hijacked by gunmen to protest Russian policy in Chechnya, anchored Friday off the Bosphorus.

24.   The gunmen hijacked a bus to the Caucasus town of Mineralnye Vody Thursday, taking schoolchildren, parents and teachers hostage.