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Red Cross: 3 workers kidnapped in Yemen released
Three Red Cross workers who were kidnapped by armed men in the southern Yemeni province of Abyan have been safely released, the organization said ...
5 crew kidnapped from ship off Nigeria released
A German ship operator says five crew members kidnapped from one of its ships off the coast of Nigeria last month have been released. The five Polish ...
Nigeria extremists say they kidnap women, children
The leader of an Islamic extremist group in Nigeria says his group has started kidnapping women and children as part of its bloody guerrilla campaign ...
Red Cross says 3 workers kidnapped in Yemen
The International Committee of the Red Cross says three of its workers have been kidnapped in the southern Yemeni province of Abyan. Dibeh Fakhr, a ...
For Cleveland women, ordeal of recovery begins now
Year after year, the clock ticked by and the calendar marched forward, carrying the three women further from the real world and pulling them deeper ...
Abduction, attacks mar run-up to Pakistan election
An especially violent spate of killings, kidnappings and bombings marred the run-up to Pakistan's nationwide election, capped Thursday by the ...
2 Finns, 1 Austrian freed from captivity in Yemen
Finland says two Finnish and one Austrian hostage who were kidnapped in Yemen in December have been released. Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja ...
Red Cross visits 12 kidnapped by Senegal rebels
The International Committee of the Red Cross said in a statement that they visited 12 employees of a South African bomb disposal firm currently being ...
Dozens kidnapped in M23 fief in Congo: officials
Nearly 30 people have been kidnapped in eastern Congo by the M23 rebels in their fief of Rutshuru since the beginning of April, said a community ...
British police arrest fugitive wanted in US
British police have arrested a fugitive who jumped bail nine years ago on attempted murder and kidnapping charges in the United States. Sean Lopes, ...
Dugard and Smart offer comments on Cleveland case
Kidnapping survivors Jaycee Dugard and Elizabeth Smart have words of wisdom for the three women found this week in Cleveland years after their ...
Discovery of 3 women recalls past abduction cases
The discovery of three women in a Cleveland home who all had gone missing separately about a decade ago brings to mind cases of abductions elsewhere.
Yemeni tribesmen kidnap 2 Egyptian technicians
A Yemeni security official says tribal gunmen have kidnapped two Egyptian technicians working in a cement factory in the south. The official said the ...
Former hostage left bemused by UK piracy mix up
Arrrrgh! That must've been embarrassing. A man held hostage by Somali pirates says he was bemused when he encountered a crowd of eye patch-wearing, ...
Lebanon: Main suspect in 2011 kidnapping arrested
Security forces have arrested the main suspect in the 2011 kidnapping of seven Estonian tourists and the more recent abduction of a Lebanese citizen ...
German ship operator: Pirates kidnap 5 crew
A German shipping company says pirates have kidnapped five crew members from one of its ships off the coast of West Africa. Sunship Schiffahrtskontor ...
German ship operator: Pirates kidnap 4 crew
A German shipping company says four crew members from one of its vessels have been kidnapped by pirates off the coast of Equatorial Guinea.
Minaret of famed mosque in Syria destroyed
The 11th-century minaret of a famed mosque that towered over the narrow stone alleyways of Aleppo's old quarter collapsed Wednesday as rebels and ...
Minaret of landmark mosque in Syria destroyed
The minaret of a landmark 12th century mosque in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo was destroyed Wednesday, leaving the once-soaring stone tower a ...
Indian girl's rape highlights police apathy
A child disappears. Police are called. Nothing happens. Child rights activists say the rape last week of a 5-year-old girl is just the latest case in ...
Kidnappers release Bulgarian mobster's daughter
Police say that the daughter of a Bulgarian mobster has been released after being abducted by unknown kidnappers for 47 days. Evelin Banev's daughter ...
French family of 7 taken hostage in Cameroon freed
A French family with four young children kidnapped at gunpoint by Islamic extremists in northern Cameroon was freed after two months of captivity in ...