1.   Last week, gunmen kidnapped opposition candidate Claudy Myrthil.

2.   Palestinian gunmen kidnapped two Israeli troops in this PLO-ruled town and handed them to Palestinian police early Thursday after a standoff of several hours.

3.   Palestinian gunmen kidnapped two Israeli soldiers in an attempt to rescue a Palestinian militant surrounded by Israeli troops.

4.   Pentagon gunmen kidnapped four Chinese nationals in June and August.

5.   Paramilitary gunmen kidnapped him from a hospital days later and tried to recruit him.

6.   Also Saturday, gunmen kidnapped four workers at a construction site in the republic of North Ossetia, which borders Chechnya.

7.   An American aid worker kidnapped by gunmen in northeastern Somalia was freed after several hours, her agency said Monday.

8.   First reports said the man, who also carried a foreign passport, had been kidnapped by gunmen.

9.   Farther south, in Gjirokastra, four gunmen kidnapped a leading member of the Greek minority party and demanded that his daughter not run in the elections.

10.   Five gunmen kidnapped the chief judge of a southeast Iranian city, a newspaper reported Saturday.