11.   During the past few years, armed tribesmen who rule over large parts of Yemen have kidnapped numerous foreigners.

12.   During the past few years, armed tribesmen, who rule over large parts of Yemen, have kidnapped numerous foreigners.

13.   Eleven foreigners have been kidnapped this year.

14.   FARC units frequently kidnaps foreigners and demands ransom to finance its insurgency.

15.   Foreigners also were kidnapped on the highway linking it in south Beirut with the city.

16.   Foreigners often are kidnapped in Yemen, large parts of which are run by tribes.

17.   Hadhramaut, a conservative region along the eastern border with Oman, is home to lawless tribes that have kidnapped foreigners for ransom.

18.   He threatened to kidnap more foreigners if Shilling were rescued.

19.   In a bid to increase international attention and end Western support for the military government, rebels have also started kidnapping foreigners.

20.   In Chechnya, the guerrillas-turned-bureaucrats are struggling to impose law and order as foreigners are kidnapped at a rate reminiscent of Beirut a decade ago.