1.   Israel broke them off last week after the soldier was kidnapped.

2.   Later, an Israeli soldier was kidnapped by Hamas militants and killed last Friday as Israeli commandos tried to rescue him.

3.   Police said the two may have been intending to kidnap soldiers.

4.   At the other end of Indonesia, separatist rebels in Aceh province raided an army post, kidnapped four soldiers and stole weapons, a military official said.

5.   But the various armed groups in Chechnya also kidnapped many soldiers, and occasionally they are freed in small groups.

6.   Gunmen kidnapped three soldiers from a Russian peacekeeping contingent stationed in Georgia to separate Georgian forces and Abkhazian separatists, authorities said Tuesday.

7.   Gunmen kidnapped three soldiers from a Russian peacekeeping contingent stationed in Georgia to separate Georgian forces and Abkhazian separatists, authorities said Monday.

8.   In a separate incident, police said they believed two Palestinians arrested in Jerusalem on Monday night may have been intending to kidnap soldiers.

9.   In October of that year, Hezbollah militants attacked an Israeli army patrol on the border, kidnapping three soldiers.

10.   In some cases, it said, Chechen fighters kidnap Russian soldiers to exchange for family members who are being held.