21.   In the worst attack, four men were kidnapped late Tuesday night as they left a restaurant.

22.   It was unclear who kidnapped the men, but Swiss embassy counselor Jean Pierre Billard said evidence pointed to the rebels.

23.   It was unclear why the men were kidnapped.

24.   Last year, a Chinese engineer was killed and another wounded in a rescue attempt after both men were kidnapped by the gang.

25.   Meanwhile, a Russian man was kidnapped Thursday by a policeman in the southern governorate of Abyan, a police official said on condition of anonymity.

26.   Musa said the rebels then kidnapped two men from the next village to use as human shields against attempts to pursue them.

27.   One man had been kidnapped three days earlier and his mutilated body found on Wednesday in his home.

28.   Rebels kidnapped two men Tuesday on one of the few highways in Colombia considered safe from attack, the army said.

29.   The men were kidnapped three days before the election at a roadblock in Antioquia state.

30.   The man had been kidnapped by four people before being shot to death, according to his wife.