1.   Earlier this week, Maskhadov pledged to stop abductions by carrying out public executions of kidnappers.

2.   Government efforts to stop the abductions, including sending armed guards with tourists, have not fully succeeded.

3.   Government efforts to stop the abductions, including sending armed guards with tourists, have not succeeded.

4.   Reconciliatory conferences between the tribes that abduct people have been organized, he said, adding that tribal leaders were committed to stopping abductions within six months.

5.   So far, government efforts to stop the abductions, including sending armed guards with tourists, have not fully succeeded.

6.   So far, government efforts to stop the abductions, including sending armed security guards with tourists, have proved futile.

7.   So far, government efforts to stop the abductions, including sending armed guards with tourists, have proved futile.

8.   The driver sustained a gunshot wound when he tried to stop the abduction.

9.   U.S. special envoy to Sudan, former Sen. John C. Danforth, previously urged Khartoum to do more to stop abductions.