1.   He is charged with kidnapping a businessman last year and holding him for ransom.

2.   At least four prominent Hutu businessmen were kidnapped in Goma over the last six weeks.

3.   A wealthy Venezuelan businessman is kidnapped in Caracas and ends up in the hands a left-wing Colombian guerrillas.

4.   After a leading Japanese businessman was kidnapped last year, several firms began to think twice about further investment.

5.   In the months that followed, two prominent businessmen were kidnapped.

6.   Police killed three reputed gang members believed to be on their way to kidnap a businessman, a senior officer said Thursday.

7.   A Ukrainian businessman was kidnapped Monday in a southern Russian town near the border with the breakaway republic of Chechnya, a news report said.

8.   According to a local Chinese newspaper, the Hong Kong businessman was kidnapped in Shanghai last week and was now being detained in Tianjin.

9.   For years, the Abu Sayyaf has been kidnapping Christian businessmen and releasing them after relatives paid ransom.

10.   On Sunday, the newspaper Reforma reported that a prominent businessman was kidnapped at a waiting lounge of the Mexico City airport.