1.   Police said the extremists opened fire at an armored car and that police fired back.

2.   A policeman was killed and two others were wounded Wednesday when Muslim extremists opened fire on a patrol car in southern Egypt, police officials said.

3.   A police guard was killed and three other policemen were wounded Saturday when suspected Muslim extremists opened fire on a police station in southern Egypt, security officials said.

4.   Earlier Saturday, two police guards were killed and two others wounded when suspected Muslim extremists opened fire on a police station in southern Egypt, security officials said.

5.   Muslim extremists opened fire Saturday in the village of Azbit el-Iqbat, killing six Christians and two Muslims.

6.   Nine people were killed and at least three wounded on Saturday when suspected Muslim extremists opened fire outside a mosque in southern Egypt, apparently in a widening vendetta.

7.   Suspected Muslim extremists opened fire Saturday outside a mosque in the southern Egyptian village of Tanda, killing nine people and wounding at least three, security officials said.

8.   Suspected Muslim extremists opened fire Saturday outside a mosque in a southern Egyptian village, killing nine people and wounding at least three, security officials said.

9.   Suspected Muslim extremists opened fire Thursday on a train in southern Egypt and wounded six passengers, including two South American tourists, police said.

10.   Suspected Muslim extremists opened fire on a car carrying Egyptian policemen in southern Egypt on Tuesday, killing six of them, the Interior Ministry said.