41.   Kashmiri militants tried to contact negotiators Friday, indicating they might be ready to modify their demand.

42.   Kashmiri militants tried to contact negotiators Friday, indicating they may be ready to modify their demand.

43.   Last year, Chechnya-based Islamic militants tried to expand their zone of control and invaded the neighboring region of Dagestan.

44.   Meanwhile, residents of an exclusive Algiers compound said Muslim militants tried to set up a fake police checkpoint before troops drove them off, killing two of them.

45.   Muslim militants have been trying to separate Kashmir, which has a Muslim majority, from Hindu-dominated India.

46.   Palestinian officials say two Muslim militants are trying to slip into Israel.

47.   On Tuesday soldiers blockaded the West Bank village of Beit Furik on suspicion that a Palestinian militant there was trying to reach Israel to carry out a suicide bombing.

48.   Orient Lines says it has received only a handful of calls expressing concern about travel to the country where Islamic militants are trying to overthrow the secular government.

49.   Security forces have received warnings that Islamic militants will try to set off suicide bombings before the vote.

50.   Since the onset of the attacks, militants have tried to target foreign tourists to deprive the government of key income.