31.   Colombian rebels frequently kidnap people for ransom, often targeting foreigners who fetch large ransoms.

32.   Doctors were treating Guillermo Correa for an unspecified illness that the priest has been suffering from since the rebels kidnapped him, a church official said.

33.   FARC rebels also regularly kidnap for ransom.

34.   However, Eclesia reported that the rebels kidnapped a local Roman Catholic priest as they withdrew.

35.   However, suspected rebels kidnapped another mayor in a nearby area Friday.

36.   In a development that seemed to support this view, the Abu Sayyaf rebels kidnapped three more foreigners in Malaysia on Sunday night.

37.   Hutu rebels kidnapped a Canadian and two Rwandan Roman Catholic nuns in an attack in northwestern Rwanda that also left a local official dead, area residents said Thursday.

38.   In August, the rebels kidnapped four foreign tourists and seven Congolese guides and porters on a trek to observe the gorillas.

39.   In August, the rebels kidnapped four foreign tourists and seven Congolese guides and porters on a trek to observe the gorillas in the region.

40.   In March, the rebels kidnapped three Spanish nuns, who were later released unharmed.