31.   In eastern Afghanistan, four international journalists were missing and feared dead after gunmen ambushed their convoy.

32.   In one attack, four Russian troops were killed Sunday when a convoy was ambushed on the outskirts of the town of Achkhoi-Martan.

33.   Leftist guerrillas ambushed a convoy of vehicles carrying a state governor on Sunday, killing two bodyguards and wounding a mayor, police said.

34.   Large-scale fighting in Chechnya ended months ago, but rebels continue to inflict casualties on Russian forces by attacking their positions at night and ambushing their convoys.

35.   Militiamen ambushed a convoy of aid workers Tuesday and then attacked the Doctors Without Borders compound in northern Mogadishu, the French humanitarian group said.

36.   Muslim extremists erected a roadblock in northeastern Algeria and ambushed a convoy of police officers, killing eight, the Algerian media reported Thursday.

37.   On Saturday, suspected rebels ambushed a convoy of military trucks in Aceh, killing two police officers and seven soldiers.

38.   On Friday, gunmen ambushed a convoy carrying law enforcement officials southeast of the capital.

39.   One brought four soldiers wounded when Chechens ambushed their armored convoy northwest of Grozny.

40.   One soldier was killed when suspected rebels ambushed an army convoy in the tea-growing district of Tinsukhia in Assam state, UNI said.