101.   Funke slipped through police fingers time after time as he demanded ransoms from major department stores after setting off explosives.

102.   Hijackers seized a Russian airliner on the tarmac at a Moscow airport on Thursday and demanded a ransom of two million dollars, the interior ministry said.

103.   However the sources did not say if a ransom had been demanded.

104.   In this case, the victim was kidnapped and his abductors demanded a ransom, the Swedish foreign ministry said.

105.   Investigators are seeking a man who has reportedly threatened several food companies from whom he is demanding a ransom of several million German marks.

106.   A Russian-speaking gunman demanding a ransom of one million dollars Saturday continued to hold six or seven people captive aboard a tour bus stopped near the Kremlin.

107.   A representative for the interior ministry later said the abduction had taken place in December, saying the kidnappers were demanding a ransom.

108.   Abu Sayyaf gunmen have been kidnapping Christians and foreigners in the south for years, demanding hefty ransoms for their release.

109.   Chechen officials quoted by Interfax news agency said the kidnapping was an ordinary crime and the kidnappers would probably demand a ransom.

110.   Despite his killing, the abductors still demanded ransom from his family by concealing the fact that he was already dead.