Word: attempting
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...first air raid ofBosnian Serbssince last November,NATOwarplanes bombed an ammunition depot near the Bosnian Serb headquarters of Pale, in an attempt to force the Serbs to end their siege of Sarajevo. The planes, including some from the U.S., carried out the raid several hours after a deadline had passed for the Serbs to stop their shelling of Sarajevo and return heavy weapons toU.N. control. There were no casualties reported in the attack, and it did not appear to discourage the Serbs. Minutes after the ammunition dump went up in flames, Serb soldiers sent several mortar rounds into Sarajevo. After...
Federal agents have identified the third suspect in the foiled armoredcar robbery attempt in Harvard Square on March...
...agent said authorities have not found tiesbetween the Harvard Square robbery attempt andother heists, such as the Faneuil Hall theft andan earlier one in New Hampshire. "No links havebeen established to any previous armored-carheist," Ginieres said
...full measure of the danger dawned on them, alarmed government officials called for help from international public-health experts in the U.S. and Europe. They closed schools and health clinics in Kikwit, ordered people to stay off the streets, and imposed a quarantine on the city in a desperate attempt to keep the virus from spreading 250 miles west to the capital city of Kinshasa, with its 4 million people...
...Davidians and others. The fact that Weaver was tried and acquitted in court is rarely mentioned by mainstream media. Yet those of us who raise legitimate questions about the moves against Weaver and the Davidians are met with accusations of racism and hate mongering as the government and media attempt to evade any accountability. And you wonder why we are frightened and suspicious of our government...