http://www.mail.com/in-en/subjects/3456-kidnapping.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/in-en/subjects/3456-kidnapping.html http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2153800-police-free-spanish-couple-colombia-kidnap.html BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Two Spanish tourists kidnapped in Colombia were rescued by police Saturday in a rural area near the northeastern border with Venezuela after being held by a criminal gang since mid-May, police Gen. Humberto Guatibonza said. Colombian and Spanish authorities identified the pair as Maria Concepcion Marlaska Sedano, 43, and Angel Sanc... Sat, 15 Jun 2013 19:03:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2153800-police-free-spanish-couple-colombia-kidnap.html 2013-06-15T19:03:30Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2154322-dutch-couple-kidnapped-yemens-capital.html SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni security officials say a Dutch couple is believed to have been kidnapped from the capital, Sanaa. The officials say police received a phone call that prompted them check on the couple in their apartment. They broke down the door after no one answered and found only the couple's pet dog. They say the two have been missing for thr... Sat, 15 Jun 2013 19:03:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2154322-dutch-couple-kidnapped-yemens-capital.html 2013-06-15T19:03:23Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2152188-indonesian-police-find-french-boy-abducted-bali.html BALI, Indonesia (AP) — Police said they have arrested an East Timorese woman who allegedly abducted a French toddler on the tourist island of Bali. The woman was arrested at her rented house on Thursday, a day after she allegedly abducted the 2-year-old boy from a hotel room while his father was sleeping, Kuta police chief Maj. Agus Tri Waluyo said Friday... Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:56:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2152188-indonesian-police-find-french-boy-abducted-bali.html 2013-06-14T14:56:56Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2146312-scottish-oil-worker-abducted-indonesia-released.html LANGSA, Indonesia (AP) — A British national working at an oil company was released unharmed Thursday after being abducted by gunmen in Indonesia's Aceh province, police said. Malcolm Primrose, 61, of Scotland, who is a contract worker for PT Medco E&P Malaka, was found alone at a security post inside a remote palm oil plantation, said East Aceh district p... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:10:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2146312-scottish-oil-worker-abducted-indonesia-released.html 2013-06-13T11:10:05Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2135880-4-die-shooting-mexico-city-neighborhood.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two masked gunmen stormed into a gym yelling "everyone hit the floor" and opened fire, killing four people in a tough Mexico City neighborhood that is home to the area's biggest black market, authorities said Friday. Mexico City Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera said the attack appeared to be aimed at two brothers who were exercising at the gy... Sat, 08 Jun 2013 04:15:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2135880-4-die-shooting-mexico-city-neighborhood.html 2013-06-08T04:15:38Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2119142-hundreds-yemen-protest-abduction-foreigners.html SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Hundreds of Yemenis took to the streets in a central city to denounce the abduction of a South African couple and to demand authorities work toward freeing them. The Thursday protest comes two days after police said two South African nationals were kidnapped by armed men in the city of Taiz. The police accuse a lawmaker of orchestratin... Thu, 30 May 2013 17:43:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2119142-hundreds-yemen-protest-abduction-foreigners.html 2013-05-30T17:43:30Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2113960-2-swedes-charged-sinai-kidnapping-case.html STOCKHOLM (AP) — A prosecutor has charged two Swedish men with extortion after they threatened to kill an Eritrean man held captive in Egypt's lawless Sinai desert. Prosecutor Krister Petersson said on Tuesday that the men, aged 21 and 18, told a woman in Sweden they would kill her kidnapped Eritrean acquaintance if she didn't pay them $33,000. The men h... Tue, 28 May 2013 13:41:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2113960-2-swedes-charged-sinai-kidnapping-case.html 2013-05-28T13:41:39Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2112730-police-lawmaker-holds-2-foreigners-yemen-city.html SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Gunmen abducted two South African citizens Monday in Yemen's second largest city, Taiz, and police said a lawmaker was behind the kidnapping to pressure the government to hand over a disputed piece of land. It was the latest twist in Yemen's bumpy road to democracy after more than three decades of autocratic rule that ended with longti... Mon, 27 May 2013 18:07:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2112730-police-lawmaker-holds-2-foreigners-yemen-city.html 2013-05-27T18:07:39Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2104792-extremists-claim-responsibility-niger-attacks.html NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing 26 people and injuring 30, according to officials in Niger and France. A surviving attacker took a group of soldiers hostage, and authorities were attempting t... Fri, 24 May 2013 02:18:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2104792-extremists-claim-responsibility-niger-attacks.html 2013-05-24T02:18:55Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/cricket/2104762-father-afghanistan-cricket-captain-abducted.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Gunmen kidnapped the father of Afghanistan's national cricket team captain near his home in an eastern city, officials said Thursday. There has been no ransom demand since Mohammad Nabi's 60-year-old father Khobi Khan was abducted from his car in the city of Jalalabad, cricket board president Shazada Masoud said. Police are searc... Thu, 23 May 2013 09:17:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/cricket/2104762-father-afghanistan-cricket-captain-abducted.html 2013-05-23T09:17:47Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2103658-colombia-10-soldiers-killed-rebel-attack.html BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — At least 10 Colombian soldiers were killed and six wounded Wednesday in a pre-dawn attack on an army patrol with homemade explosives by the country's second-largest leftist rebel band, the military said. The 2 a.m. attack by the National Liberation Army, or ELN, occurred in a rural area of Chitaga in the northeastern state of Norte... Wed, 22 May 2013 21:41:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2103658-colombia-10-soldiers-killed-rebel-attack.html 2013-05-22T21:41:29Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2101898-egypt-leader-claims-victory-captives-release.html CAIRO (AP) — The safe release Wednesday of seven conscripts kidnapped by suspected militants in Sinai brought a victory for Egypt's Islamist president after months of criticism that his government is mismanaging the country. Seated with top military brass and senior officials, an animated Mohammed Morsi lauded the release as a show of how unified and stro... Wed, 22 May 2013 20:42:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2101898-egypt-leader-claims-victory-captives-release.html 2013-05-22T20:42:11Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2102720-turkey-foils-alleged-attacks-syrian-refugees.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish authorities have detained six people suspected of plotting to attack and kidnap Syrian refugees in Turkey, an official said Wednesday, as the country increased security measures along its frontier with Syria following a pair of deadly bombings in a border town. Celalettin Lekesiz, the governor for the border province of Hatay... Wed, 22 May 2013 15:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2102720-turkey-foils-alleged-attacks-syrian-refugees.html 2013-05-22T15:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2099924-egypt-troops-sinai-sweep-mistakenly-hit-funeral.html CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian troops and police mistakenly fired on a Bedouin funeral in the Sinai Peninsula on Tuesday, security officials said, in the opening salvo of a sweep searching for security personnel kidnapped by suspected militants. The incident illustrated the hazards of the military operations prompted by the kidnapping last week. A heavy handed att... Tue, 21 May 2013 22:11:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2099924-egypt-troops-sinai-sweep-mistakenly-hit-funeral.html 2013-05-21T22:11:23Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2099776-south-africa-winnie-mandela-forced-auction-flops.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — There were no bidders and no locksmiths willing to force entry for a scheduled auction Tuesday to sell artworks and other belongings of Nelson Mandela's ex-wife. The bid to force Winnie Madikizela-Mandela to pay an old debt for school fees for her grand-niece failed. Court sheriff John Maluleke and two other officials joined reporters ... Tue, 21 May 2013 16:36:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2099776-south-africa-winnie-mandela-forced-auction-flops.html 2013-05-21T16:36:09Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2097578-egypt-security-beefed-up-sinai-abduction.html CAIRO (AP) — Dozens of Egyptian troops and armored vehicles moved into Sinai Monday as the government beefed up security in the volatile peninsula after the abduction of six policemen and a border guard by suspected Islamic militants. The security deployment comes a day after the release of a video of the captives, blindfolded and with their hands tied be... Mon, 20 May 2013 19:29:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2097578-egypt-security-beefed-up-sinai-abduction.html 2013-05-20T19:29:51Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2096296-video-kidnapped-egyptian-security-officers.html CAIRO (AP) — Seven men purported to be the members of Egypt's security forces kidnapped by suspected militants last week appeared in a video posted online Sunday and urged the government to secure their release by meeting their captors' demands. The video, posted on YouTube, is the first sign of the six policemen and one border guard since they were abduc... Sun, 19 May 2013 20:39:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2096296-video-kidnapped-egyptian-security-officers.html 2013-05-19T20:39:58Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2094804-attacks-kill-16-iraq-8-police-kidnapped.html BAGHDAD (AP) — A string of attacks killed at least 16 people in Iraq on Saturday, while gunmen abducted eight policemen guarding a post on the country's main highway to Jordan and Syria, the latest in a wave of violence to grip the country. The shootings and bombings follow three days of attacks that killed 130 people in both Shiite and Sunni areas in sce... Sat, 18 May 2013 17:19:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2094804-attacks-kill-16-iraq-8-police-kidnapped.html 2013-05-18T17:19:06Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2092738-egypt-police-close-gaza-border-to-protest-kidnap.html CAIRO (AP) — Dozens of disgruntled border policemen forced the closure of Egypt's main crossing point into the Gaza Strip on Friday to protest the abduction of their colleagues by suspected militants, underscoring the lawlessness and crisis of authority in the country two years since the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak. The police protest comes a day ... Fri, 17 May 2013 19:30:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2092738-egypt-police-close-gaza-border-to-protest-kidnap.html 2013-05-17T19:30:56Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2089694-7-egyptian-security-personnel-abducted-sinai.html CAIRO (AP) — Suspected militants in Egypt's Sinai abducted seven security personnel as they headed to Cairo for holidays early Thursday, security officials said. It was the first such kidnapping of security forces in the lawless peninsula. The officials said masked gunmen ambushed two taxis at gunpoint outside the city of el-Arish, the capital of North Si... Thu, 16 May 2013 20:11:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2089694-7-egyptian-security-personnel-abducted-sinai.html 2013-05-16T20:11:26Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2089860-yemen-3-red-cross-workers-2-egyptians-released.html SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Three Red Cross workers and two Egyptian technicians who were abducted by armed men in Yemen's southern province of Abyan have all been released, Yemeni security officials said Thursday. The three staffers from the International Committee of the Red Cross had been held since Monday morning, when armed men stopped their ICRC-marked vehi... Thu, 16 May 2013 10:59:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2089860-yemen-3-red-cross-workers-2-egyptians-released.html 2013-05-16T10:59:38Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2089490-red-cross-3-workers-kidnapped-yemen-released.html GENEVA (AP) — Three Red Cross workers who were kidnapped by armed men in the southern Yemeni province of Abyan have been safely released, the organization said Thursday. The three staff members for the International Committee of the Red Cross had been held since Monday morning when the armed men stopped their ICRC-marked vehicle in the vicinity of Jaar, n... Thu, 16 May 2013 08:07:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2089490-red-cross-3-workers-kidnapped-yemen-released.html 2013-05-16T08:07:15Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2084082-5-crew-kidnapped-ship-nigeria-released.html BERLIN (AP) — 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 and Russian citizens were seized April 26 from the container ship City of Xiamen. The shipping company Sunship Schiffartskontor KG said they were released Saturday and are in good health. ... Tue, 14 May 2013 12:00:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2084082-5-crew-kidnapped-ship-nigeria-released.html 2013-05-14T12:00:34Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2082244-nigeria-extremists-they-kidnap-women-children.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — 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 against the country's government, according to a video released Monday. Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau says the kidnappings are retaliation for Nigerian security forces routinely imp... Mon, 13 May 2013 17:32:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2082244-nigeria-extremists-they-kidnap-women-children.html 2013-05-13T17:32:53Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2081576-red-cross-3-workers-kidnapped-yemen.html GENEVA (AP) — 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 spokeswoman for the Geneva-based ICRC, says two international staff and a locally hired employee were taken in the vicinity of Jaar earlier Monday. She says the three are alive and "hopefully unh... Mon, 13 May 2013 12:47:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2081576-red-cross-3-workers-kidnapped-yemen.html 2013-05-13T12:47:19Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2078818-cleveland-women-ordeal-recovery.html 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 into an isolated nightmare. Now, for the women freed from captivity inside a Cleveland house, the ordeal is not over. Next comes recovery - from sexual abuse and their sudden, jarring re-entry into a world muc... Sat, 11 May 2013 23:44:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2078818-cleveland-women-ordeal-recovery.html 2013-05-11T23:44:47Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2073552-abduction-attacks-mar-run-up-to-pakistan-election.html ISLAMABAD (AP) — An especially violent spate of killings, kidnappings and bombings marred the run-up to Pakistan's nationwide election, capped Thursday by the abduction of the son of a former prime minister as he was rallying supporters on the last day of campaigning before the historic vote. Saturday's election marks the first time in Pakistan's military... Thu, 09 May 2013 20:39:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2073552-abduction-attacks-mar-run-up-to-pakistan-election.html 2013-05-09T20:39:44Z