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Report: Man released in Turkey missing woman case
A man questioned over the disappearance of a New York City woman in Istanbul has been released from police custody but may be called again to help ...
Sweden orders retrial for convicted serial killer
Once considered Sweden's worst serial killer, Sture Bergwall confessed to more than 30 murders over three decades, and was convicted of eight of them.
Turkish police examine video for missing American
A special Turkish police task force looking for a missing New York City woman was sifting through "thousands of hours" of video recovered from about ...
Turkey seeks person who contacted missing American
Turkish police on Wednesday were trying to trace a person who apparently corresponded with a New York City woman through social networking sites ...
Turkish police release footage of missing US woman
The husband of a New York City woman who went missing while vacationing alone in Istanbul was interviewed by police Tuesday in hopes of helping the ...
US fighter jet missing on training mission
U.S. and Italian aircraft on Monday searched the Adriatic Sea after losing contact with a U.S. fighter jet believed to have crashed during a training ...
Istanbul police try to trace missing US woman
Police in Istanbul were scanning security camera footage Monday to try to trace a New York City woman who went missing while vacationing alone in the ...
Woman convicted of abuse, kidnap of missing girl
A former caretaker was convicted Friday of child abuse and kidnapping in a 4-year-old foster child's disappearance more than a decade ago, but a ...
Jurors in missing girl case stuck on murder count
Jurors said Thursday they had reached verdicts on child abuse and kidnapping charges but were deadlocked on a murder count against a woman accused of ...
Coast Guardsman faces investigation
A Coast Guard rescue swimmer is spending time in the brig while the service investigates his three-month disappearance as it was preparing to ...
French commando killed in Somalia hostage raid
A raid to free a French intelligence agent held captive in Somalia for three years went horribly wrong, leaving 17 Islamists and at least one French ...
US sees Iran behind hostage photos of ex-FBI agent
Two years after a hostage video and photographs of retired FBI agent Robert Levinson raised the possibility that the missing American was being held ...
Body of Georgian soldier found in Afghanistan
The body of a Georgian soldier who is believed to be the first member of the international coalition in Afghanistan to have gone missing in more than ...
New inquiry into 1988 S. Africa disappearances
A specialized missing persons unit in South Africa has opened a new investigation into the 1988 disappearance of two men last seen in the company of ...
Correction: Faeroe Islands-Murder story
In a Dec. 4 story about a rare murder case on the remote Faeroe Islands, The Associated Press, relying on information from a defense attorney, ...
Teen missing from French town found alive in trunk
An official says a 15-year-old girl who disappeared a week ago from her village in southern France is safe after she was found tied up in the trunk ...
Parents of missing Italian tourist arrive in Chile
The parents of an Italian tourist who went missing while hiking one of Chile's most active volcanoes arrived in the South American country on Monday ...
Families await bodies after Pakistan factory fire
At the only morgue in Pakistan's largest city lie the blackened remains of 32 people killed in one of the worst industrial accidents in the country's ...
Mexico's Day of Dead brings memories of missing
Maria Elena Salazar refuses to set out plates of her missing son's favorite foods or orange flowers as offerings for the deceased on Mexico's Day of ...
Central American mothers look for missing migrants
Even before the tour bus comes to a stop, the women rise from their seats and wait in the aisle to exit. In their arms rest rolled-up flags of the ...