11.   A yearlong hostage crisis involving an American missionary couple came to a bloody end Friday.

12.   Abu Sayyaf guerrillas are holding an American missionary couple and a Filipino nurse hostage on Basilan island north of Jolo.

13.   Abu Sayyaf has been holding two American hostages, the missionary couple Martin and Gracia Burnham from Wichita, Kansas, for nearly a year.

14.   An American missionary couple were shot and wounded during a robbery at their home, falling victim to a surging wave of violent crime in Haiti.

15.   Andrew was adopted out of a hospital by an American missionary couple, who brought about a suit to allow him Japanese citizenship after he was officially denied.

16.   Appalling conditions on Basilan are blamed for fanning the extremism embraced by the Abu Sayyaf rebels, who are holding an American missionary couple and a local nurse hostage.

17.   Andrew Rees was adopted by an American missionary couple, Roberta and William Rees, who filed suit after he was refused citizenship.

18.   Dellosa speculated that the missionary couple were sleeping on a hammock inside a tent when the shooting started.

19.   For a Baptist missionary couple from West Palm Beach, Fla., the anarchy was not just frightening, it was a crushing disappointment.

20.   Kidnappings of foreigners in other countries frequently make headlines, like the saga of the U.S. missionary couple in the Philippines.