91. Customs agents recently foiled an attempt to smuggle bombs to Rumania and fighter jet parts to Sri Lanka, the Clarin daily reported Tuesday. 92. Egyptian authorities have foiled an attempt to smuggle a priceless limestone pharaonic sarcophagus containing a wooden statue out of the country, a government daily reported Thursday. 93. Egyptian security forces have foiled an attempt to smuggle weapons from Sudan into Egypt, the government newspaper Al-Ahram reported in its early Monday edition. 94. The pro-government Ajker Kagoj daily said intelligence agencies foiled an attempt to kill her and arrested three people for their alleged involvement in the plot. 95. The second attempt was foiled by immigration men at the Abdali border post the same evening who arrested two Iraqi intelligence men, the newspaper said. 96. Their attempt was foiled by the few warders not on strike, but three prisoners later managed to clamber over a wall. 97. Troops foiled an attempt to blow up two buses carrying workers to Jewish settlements in the attacks near this crossing from Israel into the Gaza Strip. 98. It said its Sea Tiger units had foiled repeated attempts by the Sri Lankan navy to land reinforcements in the remote region. 99. It said its sea wing had foiled attempts by the Sri Lankan navy to land troops on the coast, while the army reinforcements faced virtual annihilation. 100. It said its Sea Tiger units had also foiled repeated attempts by the Sri Lankan navy to land reinforcements in the remote region. |