1.   A former member of the Al-Faran group that abducted the tourists, identified as Nazir Mohammad, was captured near the town of Anantnag three weeks ago.

2.   Five years ago, four western tourists were abducted by a pro-Pakistan militant group and never seen again.

3.   Flood waters submerged at three places the road from Srinagar to Pahalgam from where the Western tourists were abducted.

4.   Four Western tourists were abducted earlier this week by Hutu rebels in Congo, a Ugandan newspaper reported Sunday.

5.   Rao said the captured militants told their interrogators that Hameed was a member of the group that abducted the tourists.

6.   Security was tight at the trial in Zinjibar, capital of the southern province of Abyan where the tourists were abducted.

7.   That same day, militants abducted German tourist Dirk Hasert in a nearby area.

8.   The information on the hostages came from Nazir Mohammad, a former member of the group that abducted the tourists.

9.   The Western tourists were abducted by a group calling itself Al-Faran, which demanded the government release imprisoned guerrillas in exchange for the hostages.

10.   Indian officials have accused a pro-Pakistan group, the Harkat-ul-Ansar, of abducting the tourists.