11.   An armed group kidnapped seven French monks from a mountain monastery in northern Algeria on Wednesday in the latest attack on foreigners during a Muslim insurgency.

12.   Five of the seven French monks killed in Algeria last month were slain as Algerian parachutists surrounded their Islamic extremist captors, a magazine reported Wednesday.

13.   French Foreign Minister Herve de Charette visited a monstery Thursday where seven French monks had lived before they were kidnapped and murdered by Algerian militants.

14.   In a chilling communique, a Muslim militant group in Algeria said Thursday it killed seven French monks it had been holding since kidnapping them in March.

15.   In its first official reaction to the assassination of seven French monks, the Algerian government said Saturday it had no information confirming the men had been killed.

16.   In the latest incident, seven French monks were kidnapped Wednesday from their mountain retreat near Algiers, apparently by militants fighting security forces.

17.   John Paul II, speaking after Palm Sunday ceremonies, appealed for the release of seven French monks kidnapped in Algeria.

18.   Late last month, it kidnapped seven French monks from their isolated, mountain monastery in western Algeria.

19.   Meanwhile, militants were reportedly threatening to kill seven French monks kidnapped last month.

20.   On Wednesday, seven French monks were abducted from their monastery in northern Algeria by armed men suspected of belonging to a militant islamic group.