NEPAL'S COMMUNIST REBELS ABDUCTED 11 UNARMED SOLDIERS AS THEY HEADED HOME FROM VACATION, AN ARMY OFFICIAL SAID SATURDAY, DESPITE OFFERING THE NEW GOVERNMENT A THREE-MONTH UNILATERAL CEASE-FIRE. THE SOLDIERS WERE TAKEN CAPTIVE ON THURSDAY FROM RAMDITTHA VILLAGE, ABOUT 500 KILOMETERS (310 MILES) EAST OF KATMANDU, ACCORDING TO INDRESH DAHAL, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ROYAL NEPALESE ARMY. THE ABDUCTION CAME JUST HOURS AFTER THE REBELS DECLARED A THREE-MONTH CEASE-FIRE, GIVING SOME BREATHING SPACE TO THE REINSTATED PARLIAMENT FOLLOWING WEEKS OF OFTEN VIOLENT PROTESTS, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTED.