31.   The drama would begin with the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives.

32.   The more personal drama for McCain began when he spotted Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., entering the chamber.

33.   The latest drama began on Friday when Shpigun was seized by masked gunmen after he boarded a plane in Grozny bound for Moscow.

34.   A coalition of other Kashmiri separatist groups condemned Al-Faran for taking the hostages soon after the drama began.

35.   After that, the drama really began.

36.   According to police reports quoted by ITAR-Tass, the hostage drama began when two suspiciously acting men were stopped and searched by police at the bus terminal.

37.   If confirmed, U.N. officials said he would be the first U.N. civilian seized by the Serbs since the hostage drama began last week.

38.   Member of Parliament Rick Barker was not at his office in Hastings at the time the drama began mid-morning.

39.   Police say the drama began with a routine ambush of a half-dozen illegal aliens getting off a boat on Hong Kong Island.

40.   Since the latest kidnapping drama began, Al-Faran has issued several statements threatening to kill the hostages.