1.   An American missionary couple, Martin and Gracia Burnham of Wichita, Kan., are being held as hostages of the group.

2.   Emaciated and suffering in an island jungle, the Christian missionary couple had kept their spirits up during their captivity.

3.   It is holding hostage an American missionary couple, Martin and Gracia Burnham of Rose Hill, Kan., and a Filipina nurse in the jungles of Basilan Island.

4.   Its trademark is kidnapping, and it currently holds an American missionary couple.

5.   Police, helped by American special forces, continued to hunt for an American missionary couple and a Filipina nurse held on Basilan island.

6.   The guerrillas, who specialize in kidnapping for ransom, are holding an American missionary couple, Martin and Gracia Burnham.

7.   They have been holding an American missionary couple, Martin and Gracia Burnham, and a Filipino nurse, Ediborah Yap for more than nine months.

8.   A Christian missionary couple said Tuesday they were threatened and ordered to close their school in northern India, but they did not know who was responsible.

9.   A missionary couple adopted the boy, telling the family they would return him in four years.

10.   A Muslim extremist group threatened Wednesday to kill an American missionary couple, saying it is no longer interested in negotiations.