31.   Meanwhile Sunday, presumed rebels from the leftist National Liberation Army, or ELN, set up a roadblock in Caldas and kidnapped eight people.

32.   Meanwhile, efforts were under way to find several people kidnapped recently in Chechnya.

33.   Mirilashvili was charged with kidnapping two people.

34.   More than a dozen people have been kidnapped for ransom in Somalia in the past six months.

35.   Ninety people have been kidnapped in Rio this year, according to police.

36.   Rebels and common criminals often kidnap people, demanding large ransoms for their release.

37.   Rebels and common criminals in Colombia often kidnap people, demanding large ransoms for their release.

38.   Rebels often kidnap people and demand large ransoms for their return as a way to finance their activities.

39.   Several rebel groups have been fighting the government for decades, and often kidnap people for ransom.

40.   Russian police have arrested a counterintelligence officer and five others accused of kidnapping people for ransom, a newspaper reported Friday.