101.   Police fired shots in the air to stop the escape attempt in the Sicilian city of Caltanissetta on Monday night, the reports said.

102.   Police said she died after falling in an escape attempt, but her companions said they heard her cries as police beat her, the center said.

103.   Prison authorities have blamed inadequate staff for frequent escape attempts.

104.   Prisoners took three security guards hostage Sunday at a suburban Paris prison after a failed escape attempt involving a hijacked helicopter, police said.

105.   Riot squads gathered outside Korydallos to prevent another escape attempt.

106.   Prison guards used tear gas and fired shots Monday to control a riot staged by gang members trying to distract authorities during an escape attempt.

107.   Prisoners at the Aghios Stefanos facility at Patras rioted last Wednesday during a mass escape attempt.

108.   Prison guards shot and killed two inmates Tuesday after the prisoners began stabbing two hostages taken for an escape attempt, police said.

109.   Rominger and his teammates of Mapei-GB were busy in fighting off a number of escape attempts by leading competitors in the final kilometers.

110.   Riot police had surrounded the prison in the working class suburb of Korydallos to prevent any escape attempts.