21.   Lim added the rebels fled after seizing a light machine gun, five automatic rifles and two hand guns from the outpost.

22.   Last week, Mourides wielding machetes, daggers and hand guns burned down two mosques belonging to the rival Ibadou Rahmane sect, police said.

23.   Many teachers have received death threats and a former student had been spotted nearby with a hand gun.

24.   Speaking after giving evidence to the government investigation, he called for hand guns to be banned from private homes.

25.   State-run television showed the rebels surrendering weapons, including automatic rifles, hand guns and grenade launchers, in the center of the village.

26.   The Americans were arrested at the airport on Sunday when a hand gun carried by one of them activated a metal detector.

27.   The militants, armed with hand guns and machine guns, were arrested after they infiltrated into Jordan from Syria, the weekly paper said.

28.   The three Americans, who have not been identified, were arrested at the airport when a hand gun carried by one of them activated a metal detector.

29.   The three were arrested when a hand gun carried by one of them activated an airport metal detector on Sunday.

30.   The statement said two automatic rifles, a hand gun and ammunition were found in the hideout.