1.   A suspect has been arrested in the killing of an Irish missionary in a botched kidnap attempt in the southern Philippines, police said Thursday.

2.   Also Monday, a security official in the south said that gunmen robbed two American tourists in what appeared to be a bungled kidnap attempt.

3.   An Italian tourist suffered a broken shoulder during a failed kidnap attempt by Yemeni tribesmen in the central Shabwa province, the Italian Embassy said Friday.

4.   His own father was killed by the rebels during a kidnap attempt.

5.   Many Dutch still assume her wealth made her the target of an aborted kidnap attempt.

6.   Police provided security to the man, who owns a hardware store in nearby Pasay City, following the failed kidnap attempt.

7.   Roussel told an Israeli newspaper that he and his family lived in perpetual fear of a kidnap attempt.

8.   The military on Wednesday accused the son of a former Muslim rebel leader of killing an Irish missionary in a botched kidnap attempt in the violence-plagued south.

9.   Two years ago, he survived an apparent kidnap attempt in which a police bodyguard was killed fighting off assailants, police said.

10.   Further fears were raised by Algerian press reports Wednesday that the killings of the four missionary priests in Algeria were a failed kidnap attempt.