1.   Ten tourists were kidnapped by militants in a remote southern area.

2.   The guerrillas also blew up two electrical pylons and on Wednesday kidnapped seven tourists, including a well-known Colombian cardiologist, off a beach on the Pacific Coast.

3.   A previously unknown rebel group kidnapped six tourists hiking in the Himalayas in Jammu-Kashmir in July.

4.   Abu Sayyaf rebels have already carried out bold seaborne raids on resorts, kidnapping tourists from islands in Malaysia and the Philippines.

5.   Abu Sayyaf fighters have previously crossed into Malaysian waters in the South China Sea to kidnap tourists.

6.   Al-Gamaa claimed responsibility for the attack, but said its gunmen meant only to kidnap the tourists.

7.   Al-Faran has claimed that the army attacked its hideouts ever since it kidnapped six tourists in early July.

8.   Four German tourists have been kidnapped in Yemen, the Foreign Ministry said Friday.

9.   Four tourists have been kidnapped in Yemen, a tribal spokesman said Friday.

10.   Harkat-ul Ansar has denied involvement, but investigators have linked it to Al-Faran, a little known group that claimed it had kidnapped the tourists.