1.   President Joseph Estrada suspended the talks and the safety guarantees in February after guerrillas abducted Brig. Gen. Victor Obillo and other military and police officers.

2.   Police regional director Dominador Resos said Abu Sayyaf guerrillas abducted the three men Friday, suspecting them of being informants of local militiamen.

3.   Al-Rifai said the team will pursue the case of a local Red Cross worker Narayan Subedi, allegedly abducted by guerrillas on Sunday.

4.   Guerrillas often abduct people and demand large ransoms for their return.

5.   Last October, Hezbollah guerrillas abducted three Israeli soldiers not far from Ghajar, in a disputed area known as Chebaa Farms.

6.   Leftist guerrillas abducted two Germans and two Austrians who crossed into Colombia from Panama through the lush Darien Gap jungle in early February.

7.   Local reporters said the guerrillas abducted three to five other officers.

8.   Marulanda also said he expects the FARC to free three German citizens guerrillas abducted last month, but he did not give a date.

9.   Rep. Rodrigo Turbay Cote drowned in May, two years after he was abducted by guerrillas, when a boat capsized in a southern river.

10.   Several days later, guerrillas also abducted police Maj. Roberto Bernal, a former intelligence officer, in Bacon town in Sorsogon province southeast of Manila.