1.   Flights to Chechnya were temporarily halted by Moscow authorities following the abduction.

2.   Flights to Chechnya were temporarily halted by Moscow authorities following the abduction of a Russian Interior Ministry general last week from the airport in the Chechen capital Grozny.

3.   Flights to Chechnya were temporarily halted by Moscow authorities following the abduction, and the Russian Railways Ministry suspended all passenger and cargo traffic to Chechnya on Saturday.

4.   The stiffened rules follow the abduction of a Taiwanese policeman to China in October, which highlighted the problems police face in trying to stop illegal fishing.

5.   Vice President Joseph Msika said Sunday the government supported arming the ruling party militants following the abduction of one of their leaders.

6.   His kidnapping follows the abduction of two Spanish businessmen, who were freed after more than one year in captivity in December.

7.   The decision also follows the abduction and murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl from Karachi last month.

8.   The kidnap follows the abduction last week of government engineer Ramir Laureta in the town of Baliguian, next to Sirawai, also by six MILF rebels.