31.   Last month, PRD leaders reported that gunmen had kidnapped one activist, Alfredo Barragan, at a rally in Guerrero.

32.   Negotiations for the release of a Somali aid worker and nine foreigners kidnapped by gunmen in Mogadishu showed no sign of progress Friday.

33.   On Saturday, masked Chechen gunmen kidnapped a prominent Russian TV journalist and two members of her crew.

34.   On Wednesday, ITAR-Tass reported that unidentified gunmen kidnapped a Russian officer following a confrontation on the border with Chechnya.

35.   On Friday, gunmen kidnapped Russian sailor Oleg Timoshenko off a train passing through Chechnya.

36.   On Friday, gunmen kidnapped a Russian sailor off a train passing through Chechnya.

37.   Palestinian gunmen kidnapped two Israeli troops in an attempt to rescue a Palestinian militant leader from a standoff with Israeli troops.

38.   Palestinian gunmen kidnapped two Israeli troops in this PLO-ruled town and handed them to Palestinian police early Thursday after a tense standoff of several hours.

39.   On Wednesday, Palestinian gunmen kidnapped two Israeli border policemen and only released them after Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres and PLO chief Yasser Arafat intervened personally.

40.   Pentagon gunmen kidnapped four Chinese nationals in June and August, disrupting a major dam project where the victims worked as engineers.