1.   It was not the first time that Russian officials have been kidnapped.

2.   There were isolated skirmishes between the rebels and police and military forces in several cities, and four election officials were kidnapped.

3.   A British Embassy official was kidnapped two weeks ago in southern Colombia, the Foreign Office confirmed Saturday.

4.   A British Embassy official was kidnapped two weeks ago by leftist guerrillas in southwestern Colombia, the Foreign Office confirmed Saturday.

5.   A tax official has been kidnapped in the volatile southern Russian region of Dagestan, a news report said Monday.

6.   ETA allegedly kidnapped prison official Jose Antonio Ortega Lara in January to force the government to move the prisoners.

7.   In areas where they are mostly in control, the guerrillas sometimes kidnap elected officials, either for punishment or persuasion.

8.   Leftist rebels kidnapped seven officials of a city south of the capital after forcing them out of their car, the army said Sunday.

9.   Rosa Marina Zelaya, president of the Supreme Electoral Council, said the officials were kidnapped near the town of Somotines in Jinotega province, near the Honduran border.

10.   The official was kidnapped at the end of November.