11.   Four MILF gunmen kidnapped Pablito Pamplona, a prominent scientist, on his farm before dawn Friday but crashed their getaway car during the escape.

12.   Gunmen kidnapped three soldiers from a Russian peacekeeping contingent stationed in Georgia to separate Georgian forces and Abkhazian separatists, authorities said Tuesday.

13.   Gunmen kidnap a Somali and nine foreign aid workers in Mogadishu.

14.   Gunmen kidnapped a Somali aid worker and nine others from foreign countries in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Wednesday, the International Committee of the Red Cross said.

15.   Gunmen kidnapped a German businessman who has lived in Colombia for nearly two decades, police said Monday.

16.   Gunmen kidnapped a group of churchgoers during a Mass in an exclusive neighborhood of the western city of Cali and hauled them away in trucks, the mayor said.

17.   Gunmen kidnapped a Russian engineer on Thursday at a hydroelectric facility in Colombia, the Russian Embassy said.

18.   Gunmen kidnapped a U.S. oil engineer and his pilot at a fishing camp in western Venezuela, U.S. and Venezuelan authorities said Sunday.

19.   Gunmen kidnapped three Italians on Friday as they drove on a main Colombian highway, police said.

20.   Gunmen kidnapped three soldiers from a Russian peacekeeping contingent stationed in Georgia to separate Georgian forces and Abkhazian separatists, authorities said Monday.