71.   The two Israelis, an officer and a policeman, were kidnapped by gunmen while driving in a private car.

72.   Unidentified Somali gunmen kidnapped US aid official Daniel Suther in the north of the Somali capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, a source close to the abductors said.

73.   Three gunmen kidnapped AFP Somali correspondent Ali Musa Abdi in south Mogadishu Tuesday, journalists in the Somali capital told AFP in Nairobi.

74.   Three German technicians working in Pakistan have been kidnapped by gunmen in the northwest of the country, diplomatic sources and officials said Tuesday.

75.   Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped a Russian air force pilot, his family and an interior ministry private in Chechnya, Interfax news agency reported Friday.

76.   Meanwhile the Tajik authorities said three policemen were kidnapped by gunmen late Monday in the Garm district in the foothills of the Pamir range.

77.   On Friday the gunmen also kidnapped Tajik Security Minister Saidamir Zukhurov, who had gone to negotiate with them, a presidential spokesman said here Saturday.

78.   Police are combing a remote district of northern Pakistan in search of three German engineers kidnapped by gunmen this week, officials said Wednesday.

79.   Police arrested them after two border guards, an officer and a policeman, were kidnapped by gunmen while driving in a private car early Thursday near Jenin.

80.   The gunmen kidnapped the four journalists, their driver and two Red Cross workers Wednesday, a day after kidnapping five UN personnel.