21.   According to the daily newspaper El Watan, an armed group invaded the village home, slit the throats of six men and kidnapped two women.

22.   At least five armed men kidnapped two women tourists from Germany and Switzerland from a hotel Tuesday in the north of the country, police said.

23.   Authorities believe the women were kidnapped by members of a Chinese gang seeking ransom.

24.   At least five armed men kidnapped two women tourists from Germany and Sweden from a hotel Tuesday in the north of the country, police said.

25.   City police spokesman Lt. Col. E. Aritonang said the five had kidnapped the woman to blackmail her brother, who allegedly failed to supply them with drugs.

26.   Farhan Abdullah Radi was executed in the capital Riyadh for kidnapping a woman off the street and raping her in a remote area, the Interior Ministry statement said.

27.   He has been awaiting trial with four other defendants for allegedly kidnapping the woman last year as she left a beauty salon, Johnson said.

28.   He is accused of kidnapping women who used his taxi, forcing them to withdraw money from automatic teller machines and sometimes raping them.

29.   It was the latest twist in the practice of kidnapping women for sale, which Chinese police have been fighting unsuccessfully for years.

30.   Last December, two young Vermont men were charged with kidnapping a woman from a Rutland parking lot and killing her in New York state.