11.   Rebels kidnapped scores of civilians and briefly held seven nuns -- six Italians and a Brazilian -- after an attack on a northern town, the military said Thursday.

12.   The Abu Sayyaf rebels have kidnapped scores of hostages since March.

13.   The Abu Sayyaf kidnapped scores of foreigners and Asians last year.

14.   The Abu Sayyaf rebels, who say they are fighting for an independent Islamic state in the southern Philippines, have kidnapped scores of people since March.

15.   The group rose to notoriety last year by kidnapping scores of foreigners from a Malaysian resort and reportedly negotiating huge ransoms.

16.   The separatist Abu Sayyaf have kidnapped scores of people since March.

17.   Tribesmen have kidnapped scores of foreigners in the past to win economic concessions from the government, but they have usually freed them safely.

18.   Tribesmen have kidnapped scores of foreigners to win economic concessions from the government, but they generally have been freed unharmed.

19.   Tribesmen have kidnapped scores of foreigners in the past to win economic concessions from the government, but have usually freed them safely.

20.   Yemeni tribesmen have kidnapped scores of foreigners to win economic concessions from the government but generally free their hostages unharmed.