1.   In some cases, though, kidnappings occur where criminals feel that they can get away with demanding hefty ransoms.

2.   Most kidnappings occur when uneducated young women leave their hometowns looking for jobs.

3.   Neither Eslaminia nor Dosti was accused of participating physically in the kidnap-murder, although both were nearby when the kidnapping occurred.

4.   Most kidnappings occur when uneducated young women leave their hometowns in search of low-wage employment.

5.   The kidnapping occurred along a road in eastern Arauca Province, not far from the Venezuelan border, when the rebels stopped a convoy of vehicles carrying the workers.

6.   The new policy puts a greater emphasis on close cooperation with the government of a country where a kidnapping occurs.

7.   A fifth hostage, a Norwegian, was beheaded shortly after the kidnapping occurred.

8.   A kidnapping occurs in Colombia every seven hours, according to police statistics.

9.   Alexander Ivanko, a U.N. spokesman, said the latest kidnappings occurred Tuesday when Bosnian Serb units crossed the border into Croatia and seized seven Ukrainian peacekeepers.

10.   As a result of the incident, the ICRC said it had suspended its humanitarian activities in the northern Caucasus region where the kidnapping occurred.