31.   Large swaths of land in Yemen are virtually lawless and ruled by armed tribesmen who have kidnapped foreigners to demand money or press for other concessions from the government.

32.   Large swaths of Yemen are virtually lawless and ruled by armed tribesmen who kidnap foreigners to demand money or concessions from the government.

33.   Many people own guns, and there are repeated cases of armed tribesmen kidnapping foreigners.

34.   Security forces thwarted two attempts by armed tribesmen to kidnap French tourists in Yemen last week, a weekly newspaper reported Monday.

35.   Sudanese army troops supported by armed tribesmen recaptured garrisons and military bases from rebel groups in the south, the army spokesman was quoted as saying Thursday.

36.   The fear of more raids was what prompted the gathering by armed tribesmen in Mir Ali, Farmadullah said.

37.   The province has been tense since last July when armed tribesmen fired on a convoy of cars carrying two Cabinet ministers and the local governor.

38.   Three armed tribesmen kidnapped the tourist as he strolled outside his hotel on the outskirts of the capital late Monday.

39.   Yemen, on the southern tip of the Arabian peninsula, is a poor nation of heavily armed tribesmen.

40.   Yemeni authorities say the men are in hiding and travel in the provinces under the protection of armed tribesmen.