Gunmen Reportedly Abduct 3 Americans

Three Americans traveling in Yemen were kidnapped by tribesmen demanding the release of 25 suspects detained in an attack on an oil pipeline, a security official said. The Americans--a teacher based in Sana, the Yemeni capital, and her visiting parents--were abducted by gunmen as they returned to Sana from a trip to the south Tuesday, the official said. He spoke on condition of anonymity. The teacher, Marta R. Colburn from Portland, Ore., works for the American Institute for Yemeni Studies in Sana, an institute employee said.