1.   On Sunday, the organization sought to bargain for release of the pair with the bandit gang that kidnapped them.

2.   A bandit gang that regularly robbed travelers were killed by frightened villagers.

3.   A lack of communication between communities is no surprise in violence-wracked Albania, where bandit gangs freely roam the countryside and people fear to leave their homes.

4.   Bandit gangs with no political allegiances also roam the countryside.

5.   Bandit gangs have long thrived in times of change.

6.   Government officials often blame violent incidents on the Khmer Rouge, but bandit gangs, often without any political allegiances, also roam much of the countryside.

7.   It is considered a bandit gang by the military.

8.   Kidnappings are rampant in many areas of the main southern island of Mindanao, where Muslim secessionist rebels and bandit gangs operate.

9.   Manila calls it a bandit gang.

10.   The Abu Sayyaf claims it is fighting for an independent Islamic state in the southern Philippines, but the military regards it as a bandit gang.