11.   Armed men kidnapped three European civil engineers and a Colombian colleague on a highway in central Colombia, RCN radio reported, citing armed forces sources.

12.   Armed men have kidnapped a German businessman in Yemen, security officials and the German Embassy said Thursday.

13.   Armed men kidnapped a German businessman in Yemen and fled despite coming under gunfire by soldiers, security officials and the German Embassy said Thursday.

14.   At least five armed men kidnapped two women tourists from Germany and Switzerland from a hotel Tuesday in the north of the country, police said.

15.   At least five armed men kidnapped two women tourists from Germany and Sweden from a hotel Tuesday in the north of the country, police said.

16.   Bashir Ahmed said the men kidnapped the German tourist and told five women tourists to leave.

17.   Brawley, a black teen-ager, claimed at least six white men kidnapped and raped her but a grand jury found she made the story up.

18.   Four men kidnapped a German fish cannery executive in the southern Philippines after blocking the vehicle he was driving, police and company officials said Wednesday.

19.   Four armed men kidnapped an American woman and her two young children as she dropped them off at school, police spokesman Gonzalo Figueroa said Wednesday.

20.   He said Mrs. Cua-Ybanez, a Filipino-Chinese businesswoman, had just opened the station when the men kidnapped her.