11.   It quoted unidentified sources suggesting that Iraqi security officials were involved in the alleged kidnapping.

12.   Kaji said no new negotiations had been scheduled and any resumption of talks would be linked to solving the alleged kidnappings.

13.   North Korea has said the talks could be affected by the alleged kidnapping of one of its diplomats in Berlin last week by South Korean agents.

14.   Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Saturday he will keep up pressure on North Korea regarding the issue of its alleged kidnapping of Japanese citizens.

15.   Prospects for normalization talks have also suffered on Japanese suspicions that Pyongyang has withheld information about alleged kidnappings of Japanese nationals by the reclusive, Stalinist state.

16.   Rubens said there were still no details available about the alleged kidnapping or the identities of the alleged hostage takers.

17.   Skeptics noted the alleged kidnapping came just before her hockey rink appearance.

18.   The alleged kidnapping took place Tuesday, the first day of the truce.

19.   The alleged kidnappings of two prominent Hong Kong tycoons also featured prominently in a mobster trial across the border in mainland China.

20.   The alleged kidnapping was a hot issue in normalization talks between Tokyo and Pyongyang.