1.   Security officials said Tuesday the tribe abducted the Germans to force the government to pay them for the land on which it built a dam.

2.   The Yemeni government has said the tribe abducted the Germans to force it to pay for land on which a dam has been built.

3.   The Yemeni government has said the Bani Dhabyan tribe abducted them to force it to pay for land on which a dam was built.

4.   Yemeni security officials say the tribe abducted the Germans to force the government to pay them for the land on which it built a dam.

5.   The Al-Aslam tribe abducted the tourists, two drivers and a guide on Thursday as they returned by bus to Sanaa from a sightseeing tour to Maarib.