1.   In any case, evidence of the Pakistani nationality of the hijackers and the jailed militants would not necessarily mean that the Pakistani government was behind the incident.

2.   Significantly, two of three jailed militants whose freedom was demanded by the hijackers, Abassi Madani and Ali Belhadj, are top leaders of the Islamic Salvation Front.

3.   The authorities said they had arrested Madani because he was a terrorist who acted as a conduit between jailed militants and their followers.

4.   The jailed militants include five Pakistanis.

5.   The kidnappers evidently singled out Westerners because they thought foreign governments would pressure the Indian government to release the jailed militants.

6.   Pakistani police hunting for kidnapped reporter Daniel Pearl caught another suspect, asked for help from a jailed Islamic militant and continued their search Monday in major cities.

7.   A Kashmiri rebel group holding five Western tourists captive, Saturday extended a deadline and gave India another two days to free jailed militants before the hostages are killed.

8.   A Kashmiri guerrilla group holding four Westerners hostage in the Himalayas denied Thursday it would release an ailing captive in return for a jailed militant.

9.   A Kashmiri rebel group holding five Western tourists captive Saturday extend their deadline and give India another two days to free jailed militants before the hostages are killed.

10.   A Kashmiri separatist group decapitates a Norwegian tourist, and threatens to kill four other Western hostages in two days unless India releases jailed militants.