Trekkers Captured By Rebels in Nepal...

...then released.

It seems four Polish trekkers, exploring Nepal, had quite the harrowing weekend. Maoist rebels grabbed the four travelers after the refused to pay the "revolutionary" tax demanded to pass. The trekkers were enroute from Jiri to Lukla when they were abducted. Details are still kind of sketchy, and Maoist leaders are denying they had anything to do with it, but the Poles were released and eventually arrived at their destination unharmed.

You can read more about the events here.

Update: An update on this story from this source says that the four were never kidnapped, although they did argue with the Maoist Rebels. Eitherway, the whole story shows you how dangerous independent travel can be in a lot of countries.