41.   He said PKK guerrillas also kidnapped a truck driver on the road between the towns of Zakho and Dahuk before releasing him.

42.   A mayor, several town officials and three journalists were kidnapped by guerrillas in southeastern Colombia, authorities said.

43.   Colombian guerrillas kidnapped the wife of Colombian consul Eloy Quintero in Maracaibo, Venezuela, police here said.

44.   The upsurge in violence comes after FARC guerrillas on Saturday kidnapped presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, from the small Green Oxygen Party.

45.   Moslem guerrillas frequently kidnap people in Kashmir for ransom or to demand the release of jailed colleagues.

46.   Moslem guerrillas on Wednesday kidnapped a local government official and a boy in the southern island of Basilan, the military said here.

47.   Moslem fundamentalist guerrillas kidnapped and executed a teacher, whose body was discovered hanged Monday, during a series of attacks on educational establishments, his political party said.

48.   Official sources said the Maoist guerrillas kidnapped about eight villagers of Noori Pahari village in Nawada district of central Bihar overnight and shot them Monday.

49.   Pro-Iranian Hezbollah guerrillas kidnapped six Lebanese and a retired Syrian soldier Wednesday in Syrian-controlled eastern Lebanon, police said.