41.   Yemeni tribesmen have kidnapped a German oil expert, a security official said Thursday.

42.   Yemeni tribesmen have kidnapped four Russians in southern Yemen, security officials said Thursday.

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

44.   Four German tourists kidnapped by tribesmen in Yemen nearly two weeks were released Sunday after the authorities threatened to use force to free them, officials said.

45.   Four German tourists kidnapped by tribesmen in Yemen nearly two weeks ago were released Sunday after the authorities threatened to use force to free them, officials said.

46.   Armed Afar tribesmen kidnapped nine Italian tourists in Eritrea near the border with Ethiopia, the Italian foreign ministry said Thursday, quoted by the ANSA news agency.

47.   Armed tribesmen kidnapped the diplomat with his car near the embassy in the capital and drove off to the Maarib region.

48.   The US embassy here said Monday it was confident that the Yemeni authorities could win the release of an American oil engineer who was kidnapped by tribesmen.

49.   Yemeni tribesmen frequently kidnap foreigners including diplomats and oil industry personnel in order to exert pressure on the government.

50.   Yemeni tribesmen frequently kidnap foreigners including oil industry workers to exert pressure on the government.