21.   Turkish authorities then said that eight men had hijacked the ferry, including six Turks from the northern Caucasus and two from Adzharskaya, in neighboring Georgia.

22.   Up to seven people were killed when four armed men hijacked a French airliner after gunshots were heard at Algiers airport, witnesses said.

23.   Last month, armed men hijacked another ferry and made off with valuables and cash.

24.   The men hijacked the bus shortly after it left the southern Russian city of Pyatigorsk on a routine run to Krasnogvardeysk, officials said.