11.   The mass abduction appeared linked to faltering peace talks, and highlighted the perils facing the oil industry in the war-wracked South American country.

12.   The Khmer Rouge started mass abductions in the northwest several months ago, for reasons that remain unclear.

13.   The Khmer Rouge in recent months have staged a number of such mass abductions for unknown reasons.

14.   The mass abduction began Tuesday when paramilitary fighters grabbed the farmhands off buses carrying them home from work.

15.   The mass abduction followed the rebel kidnapping in northern Colombia on Monday of former Culture Minister Consuelo Araujo.

16.   The mass abduction appeared linked to faltering peace talks and highlighted the perils facing the oil industry in the war-wracked South American country.

17.   The National Liberation Army has used mass abductions before to obtain ransoms and pressure the government in peace negotiations.

18.   Using speedboats purchased with ransoms from another mass abduction a year earlier, the guerrillas transported the hostages across the Sulu Sea to Basilan island.