11.   Sheikh is accused of entrapping Pearl, then ordering e-mail messages sent that demanded ransom and displayed photographs of the reporter in custody.

12.   The caller never demanded ransom.

13.   The kidnappers demanded a ransom, which they planned to use to finance leftist activities in Latin America.

14.   The guerrillas finance their war by demanding ransom for kidnapping victims and by providing protection to drug traffickers and farmers who grow coca, the raw material for cocaine.

15.   The gunmen are demanding more ransom for the remaining hostages.

16.   Their kidnappers are reportedly demanding ransom for the bodies.

17.   There, the hostages were threatened and ordered to turn over the names of relatives whom the kidnappers could call to demand a ransom.

18.   They tipped off a car theft ring, which stole the vehicles and demanded ransom from the owners.

19.   Through his own research, Valdez discovered the kidnappers were using the same phone booth to repeatedly place calls demanding ransom.

20.   Rebels and common criminals in Columbia often kidnap people, demanding large ransoms for their release.