41.   Yemeni tribesmen are holding seven Italian tourists hostage and are demanding the financing of local projects in return for their release, officials said Friday.

42.   Yemeni tribesmen have released a French diplomat they held hostage for two weeks, Yemeni government officials said Friday.

43.   Yemeni tribesmen holding a British family hostage have demanded ransom in exchange for their release, a tribal source said Wednesday.

44.   Yemeni tribesmen often kidnap foreigners to pressure the government into providing money or better services, such as new roads, for their impoverished areas.

45.   Yemeni tribesmen on Sunday released two Germans kidnapped last month, security officials said.

46.   Yemeni tribesmen on Thursday released a Briton after holding him hostage for two weeks, security officials said.

47.   Yemeni tribesmen on Thursday released a Swedish engineer they had held hostage for more than two weeks.

48.   Yemeni tribesmen released a Dutch citizen on Friday, two days after kidnapping him, security officials said.

49.   Yemeni tribesmen released two Belgian tourists Thursday, two days after they were kidnapped, a security official said.

50.   Yemeni tribesmen blew up a pipeline operated by Hunt Oil Co. Monday, an official said.