1.   Authorities said it did not appear that the suspects contacted Benjamin or his family to seek ransom.

2.   Kidnappers of newborns rarely are hardened criminals seeking ransom.

3.   There is widespread speculation that the Tupac Amaru rebels will seek large ransoms from Japanese and Malaysian companies whose employees are under their control.

4.   A senior Colombian rebel leader has admitted that his insurgency is seeking ransom for hostages seized in a daring airline hijacking and a raid on a Roman Catholic Mass.

5.   A senior Colombian rebel leader admitted Friday that his insurgency is seeking ransom for hostages seized in a daring airline hijacking and raid on a church mass.

6.   A senior Colombian rebel leader admitted Friday that his insurgency is seeking ransom for hostages seized in a daring airline hijacking and a raid on a Roman Catholic Mass.

7.   An armed man seeking ransom seized a worker at the Swedish Embassy in Moscow Friday night and was killed after swapping the Swede for a Russian security official.

8.   An armed man seeking ransom seized a worker at the Swedish Embassy in Moscow Friday night but then agreed to swap the hostage Swede for a Russian security official.

9.   An armed man apparently seeking ransom seized a worker at the Swedish Embassy in Moscow Friday night, police said.

10.   An attacker seeking ransom seized a kindergarten in southern Russia, later hurling two hand grenades into a room packed with children as police began evacuating his small hostages.