1.   Other foreigners have been kidnapped in what appears to have become a routine way to raise cash in the breakaway Caucasus republic.

2.   The Colombian government says that the man, Werner Mauss, funneled millions of dollars in ransom to guerrillas who kidnap foreigners and threaten foreign interests.

3.   Rebels often kidnap foreigners and demand huge ransoms.

4.   A handful of leftist rebel groups have been kidnapping foreigners, usually in rural areas, and holding them for ransom.

5.   An Interior Ministry official said Arab had contacted the office of the leader of the Hashid tribe as the six foreigners were kidnapped in his region.

6.   Armed tribesmen who rule over large parts of Yemen kidnap foreigners for ransom to wrest concessions from the government.

7.   Armed tribesmen, who control large parts of Yemen, frequently kidnap foreigners to try to win concessions from the government in exchange for their release.

8.   Armed tribesmen, who control large parts of Yemen, frequently kidnap foreigners to try to win concessions from the government.

9.   Armed tribesmen who rule over large parts of Yemen have kidnapped foreigners and demanded concessions from the government in return for their release.

10.   Chicola said the kidnappers last week appeared to be members of the same criminal gang that had kidnapped foreigners on the Ecuadorean side of the border before.