21.   More than two months ago, the rebel group kidnapped six Westerners in the Himalayan mountains of Jammu-Kashmir.

22.   Paramilitary leader Carlos Castano announced Monday that his group had kidnapped Sara five days earlier.

23.   Security forces said Saturday that an armed group kidnapped and killed four members of the same family.

24.   The activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party clashed after one group reportedly kidnapped and tortured a member of the rival group, police said.

25.   The Basque separatist group ETA kidnapped Blanco on Thursday and threatened to execute him unless prisoners were transferred to prisons in the Basque region by Saturday.

26.   The group has kidnapped dozens of foreign tourists and Filipinos in recent years and rustled up millions of dollars in ransom.

27.   The group has kidnapped dozens of foreign tourists and Filipinos in recent years and earned millions of dollars in ransom.

28.   The group has kidnapped dozens of foreigners and Filipinos in recent years and raised millions of dollars in ransom.

29.   The group has kidnapped villagers, human rights workers and politicians, but never such a large group at once.

30.   The leftist rebel group routinely kidnaps for ransom, and foreigners are popular targets because they fetch more money.