1.   Thousands gathered at the ferry dock there after rumors spread that another ferry had been hijacked.

2.   A court on Friday sentenced nine pro-Chechen gunmen who hijacked a ferry last year to eight years in prison, the Anatolia news agency reported.

3.   Proclaiming an independent Venetian republic, they first hijacked a ferry and used it to bring a homemade armored vehicle to the square.

4.   Proclaiming an independent Venetian republic, they took over the tower and drove the vehicle into the square after hijacking a ferry.

5.   The ferry was hijacked Tuesday in Trabzon while the passengers were boarding it for a scheduled trip to Sochi in Russia.

6.   They first hijacked a ferry and used it to bring a homemade armored vehicle to the square.

7.   Two of the men who hijacked a ferry to protest the war in Chechnya have escaped from prison, newspapers said Sunday.

8.   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.

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

10.   Suspected Moslem guerrillas killed three people and wounded three others after hijacking a ferry off a southern Philippines coastal town, police and witnesses said Monday.