31.   The al-Gamaa al-Islamiyya, or Islamic Group, said the tourists were killed while gunmen tried to take them hostage.

32.   The casualties occurred as rebel gunmen tried to cross a roadblock set up by the Ecomog force.

33.   The gunmen tried to drag Halley into the truck but he managed to kick one who fell to the ground.

34.   The gunmen tried to fire two grenade launchers, but both of them failed to go off and were left in the middle of the road outside the embassy.

35.   The gunmen first tried to march the group up into the surrounding hills, and gunfire was heard, the drivers said.

36.   Two masked gunmen tried to force Garfield and Virgin Islands Advertising Club President Terri Brown into their rental car Wednesday night outside their hotel.

37.   Two dozen gunmen tried to escape from Budyonnovsk overnight in four buses with hostages as human shields.

38.   Two masked gunmen tried to force Garfield and V.I. Advertising Club President Terri Brown into their rental car Wednesday night outside their hotel.

39.   Gunmen tried to assassinate Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in the Ethiopian capital on Monday but he escaped unhurt, Ethiopian police at the scene said.

40.   A gunman tried to open fire on the official, Claudette Kibasha, as she was taking her children to school but his gun jammed.