31.   The gunmen seized two guard posts, and then stormed a barracks, shooting five sleeping officers at point-blank range before being forced to retreat, Interfax reported.

32.   The gunmen have seized an island military barracks north of Suva and were holding an unknown number of townspeople hostage.

33.   The gunmen seized the tourists from the Dos Palmas resort off Palawan Island, on the western edge of the Sulu Sea.

34.   The gunmen seized the town hall on election day and fired on marines bringing election materials.

35.   The gunmen seized two guard posts, and then stormed a barracks, shooting five sleeping officers at point-blank range, Mirzoyev said.

36.   The helicopter was being prepared for a training flight early Wednesday when the gunmen seized the craft.

37.   The Islamic gunmen seized the Paris-bound jet at the Algiers airport on Saturday.

38.   Three gunmen seized Mann as he walked to the bank to collect the weekly housekeeping money.

39.   Timoshenko had been seized by gunmen in military fatigues who entered the carriage, introduced themselves as Chechen police, then took Timoshenko away.

40.   Unidentified gunmen seized nine U.N. staff incouding seven military observers Friday on a highway in Tajikistan and have sent demands to U.N. headquarters, a U.N. spokesman said.