51.   Kuwaiti authorities said Wednesday that police foiled an attempt by prisoners to escape through a tunnel they dug at the Central Prison.

52.   Moscow has acknowledged that Iran has tried to obtain missile know-how, but said that all such attempts have been foiled.

53.   Moscow officials also said they had foiled attempts at two new terrorist acts in the war-torn region.

54.   Morning fog Monday foiled an attempt by a team of marine scientists to help an endangered whale that is entangled in fishing line off Cape Cod.

55.   Moscow has acknowledged that Iranians have tried to procure missile technology in Russia, but said all such attempts have been foiled.

56.   Over the years, Biggs foiled attempts to pry him out by deportation, extradition and even kidnapping.

57.   Rain again foiled attempts to get play under way on the second day of the first cricket test between New Zealand and Bangladesh at WestpacTrust Park on Wednesday.

58.   Rescue attempts were foiled hours after the eye of the tempest had passed by fresh storms.

59.   Several times in the last two years, opposition troops have foiled attempts, seized explosive devices and arrested would-be bombers, but all of them were Afghans.

60.   Russian border guards in the Kaliningrad region Monday foiled an attempt to smuggle anti-aircraft radar into Poland, a news agency reported.