1.   Russian security forces on Tuesday freed six soldiers abducted by kidnappers from the breakaway republic of Chechnya, a news report said.

2.   Traveling in two cars, the kidnappers abducted the observers and stole one of their vehicles in the western Georgia town of Zugdidi, police said.

3.   Traveling in two cars, the kidnappers abducted the observers and stole one of their vehicles in the western Georgian town of Zugdidi, police said.

4.   When four officers arrived, the kidnappers abducted them also but two later escaped, Kompas said.

5.   Unidentified kidnappers abducted the priests, including the head priest for the Orthodox church in Grozny, in southern Chechnya on Thursday.