1.   In the Philippines, the Abu Sayyaf group kidnaps people to sustain its separatist dreams.

2.   Since April, the group has kidnapped three dozen people, including European tourists from a Malaysian resort.

3.   The group often kidnaps the wealthy and kills those who will not pay.

4.   A day earlier, another pro-independence group kidnapped two pro-autonomy militiamen, he said.

5.   A previously unknown rebel group kidnapped six tourists hiking in the Himalayas in Jammu-Kashmir in July.

6.   An armed group kidnapped seven French church workers from a monastery in northern Algeria on Wednesday in the latest attack on foreigners during a Muslim insurgency.

7.   An armed group kidnapped seven French monks from a mountain monastery in northern Algeria on Wednesday in the latest attack on foreigners during a Muslim insurgency.

8.   Armed group kidnaps seven French church workers.

9.   Armed groups kidnap civilians and Russian security personnel from neighboring regions in order to demand prisoner swaps or ransom.

10.   But the rebel group has been kidnapping politicians in hopes of trading them for jailed rebels.