31.   Tribesmen in unruly Yemen have frequently kidnapped tourists to pressure the government into providing them with new roads, water supply or clinics.

32.   Tribesmen kidnap tourists to push their demands for money, jobs and services in exchange for releasing their hostages.

33.   Two weeks after the militants began kidnapping Western tourists, they may be in a no-win situation regarding India and the rest of the world.

34.   When the government tried to rein them in they proclaimed the state anti-Islamic and began attacking security positions and oil pipelines and kidnapping foreign tourists.

35.   Five Polish tourists were kidnapped in late December and freed a week later.

36.   Five Polish tourists were kidnapped in late December and freed in early January.

37.   Four German tourists were kidnapped Thursday in Yemen, the German foreign ministry said on Friday.

38.   An American tourist was kidnapped last week while trekking through the Ecuadorean jungle with a guide, according to police.

39.   Dar was seized in a village near Pahalgam, the mountain resort where six Western tourists have been kidnapped this month.

40.   Five Western tourists were kidnapped in the Pahalgam area last month by a Moslem militant group believed to have links with the Harkat-ul-Ansar.