21.   Towns like Florencia, which lies outside a rebel-held zone and is the base for right-wing paramilitary gunmen, are especially lawless.

22.   Upon reaching a military checkpoint, the soldiers greeted the paramilitary gunmen warmly.

23.   Paramilitary gunmen killed a convicted murderer who had hijacked a domestic flight at knifepoint and forced it to land, authorities said Sunday.

24.   Paramilitary gunmen were holding about two dozen farm workers hostage east of the capital Wednesday, a day after they were kidnapped, an army general said.

25.   Paramilitary gunmen kidnapped him from a hospital days later and tried to recruit him.

26.   Paramilitary gunmen killed at least three people this weekend in a village in southern Colombia, officials said Monday.

27.   A human rights group criticized the decision to absolve Farouk Yanine, who was suspected of ties to paramilitary gunmen who killed a group of traveling salesmen.

28.   A Macedonian paramilitary gunman fired on an ethnic Albanian police officer driving in the city of Tetovo, said NATO spokesman Maj. Barry Johnson.

29.   A Macedonian paramilitary gunman fired on an ethnic Albanian police officer driving near the city of Tetovo, said NATO spokesman Maj. Barry Johnson.

30.   After the invasion, the multinational force conducted a campaign to disarm the army and paramilitary gunmen known as attaches.