1.   Several years ago, Ezequiel Nasser, a nephew of Edmond, Joseph and Moise Safra, was kidnapped here and held until his captors received an unspecified ransom.

2.   Aruban Prosecutor E. Lugo said the abductors freed Ferrara after an unspecified ransom was paid.

3.   Earlier this week, police said they had received several photos of the paintings along with a demand for an unspecified ransom for their safe return.

4.   He asked to be put in touch with senior police officials and demanded an unspecified ransom.

5.   The kidnappers called back the same day saying they wanted an unspecified ransom for the baby, which they said they were holding at a site distant from Warsaw.

6.   ANSA said the kidnappers of the four officers had contacted the UN by radio to say they were demanding an unspecified ransom for their release.