41.   Kidnappings are rampant in the Philippines despite a high-profile government attempt to eliminate them.

42.   Opponents say the maneuvers were yet another government attempt to subdue its main rival, the Muslim Brotherhood.

43.   Opponents said the maneuvers were yet another government attempt to subdue its main rival, the Muslim Brotherhood.

44.   Sadirov was blamed for the recent kidnapping of two French aid workers, one of whom was killed Sunday during a government attempt to free her.

45.   Settler leader Uri Uriel said supporters would occupy the disputed site to protest any government attempt to halt expansion there.

46.   The Bolivian Workers Confederation contends the state of siege is in part a government attempt to destroy coca plants without paying the compensation.

47.   The Bosnian Serb news agency SRNA claimed Serb forces had repulsed a government attempt to capture a communications tower on Majevica.

48.   The Bosnian Serb news agency SRNA claimed Serb forces repulsed a government attempt to capture a communications tower on Majevica.

49.   The Bosnian Serb news agency SRNA said Serb forces had repulsed a government attempt to capture a communications tower on Majevica.

50.   The brotherhood has charged that the crackdown is a government attempt to curb its power before parliamentary elections in November.