http://www.mail.com/int/subjects/3456-kidnapping.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/int/subjects/3456-kidnapping.html http://www.mail.com/int/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/int/news/world/2103658-colombia-10-soldiers-killed-rebel-attack.html 2013-05-22T21:41:29Z http://www.mail.com/int/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/int/news/world/2101898-egypt-leader-claims-victory-captives-release.html 2013-05-22T20:42:11Z http://www.mail.com/int/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/int/news/europe/2102720-turkey-foils-alleged-attacks-syrian-refugees.html 2013-05-22T15:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/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/int/news/world/2099924-egypt-troops-sinai-sweep-mistakenly-hit-funeral.html 2013-05-21T22:11:23Z http://www.mail.com/int/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/int/news/world/2099776-south-africa-winnie-mandela-forced-auction-flops.html 2013-05-21T16:36:09Z http://www.mail.com/int/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/int/news/world/2097578-egypt-security-beefed-up-sinai-abduction.html 2013-05-20T19:29:51Z http://www.mail.com/int/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/int/news/world/2096296-video-kidnapped-egyptian-security-officers.html 2013-05-19T20:39:58Z http://www.mail.com/int/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/int/news/world/2094804-attacks-kill-16-iraq-8-police-kidnapped.html 2013-05-18T17:19:06Z http://www.mail.com/int/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/int/news/world/2092738-egypt-police-close-gaza-border-to-protest-kidnap.html 2013-05-17T19:30:56Z http://www.mail.com/int/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/int/news/world/2089694-7-egyptian-security-personnel-abducted-sinai.html 2013-05-16T20:11:26Z http://www.mail.com/int/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/int/news/europe/2089860-yemen-3-red-cross-workers-2-egyptians-released.html 2013-05-16T10:59:38Z http://www.mail.com/int/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/int/news/europe/2089490-red-cross-3-workers-kidnapped-yemen-released.html 2013-05-16T08:07:15Z http://www.mail.com/int/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/int/business/economy/2084082-5-crew-kidnapped-ship-nigeria-released.html 2013-05-14T12:00:34Z http://www.mail.com/int/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/int/news/world/2082244-nigeria-extremists-they-kidnap-women-children.html 2013-05-13T17:32:53Z http://www.mail.com/int/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/int/news/europe/2081576-red-cross-3-workers-kidnapped-yemen.html 2013-05-13T12:47:19Z http://www.mail.com/int/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/int/news/europe/2078818-cleveland-women-ordeal-recovery.html 2013-05-11T23:44:47Z http://www.mail.com/int/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/int/news/world/2073552-abduction-attacks-mar-run-up-to-pakistan-election.html 2013-05-09T20:39:44Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2074744-2-finns-1-austrian-freed-captivity-yemen.html HELSINKI (AP) — Finland says two Finnish and one Austrian hostage who were kidnapped in Yemen in December have been released. Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja says the Finnish couple, Leila and Atte Kaleva, and Austrian Dominik Neubauer have not been harmed and had flown to Austria where they were being examined at a hospital. T... Thu, 09 May 2013 19:11:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2074744-2-finns-1-austrian-freed-captivity-yemen.html 2013-05-09T19:11:04Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2071974-red-cross-visits-12-kidnapped-senegal-rebels.html DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — 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 held by rebels from the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance. The employees, all of whom are Senegalese nationals, were grabbed on May 3 in southern Senegal's Casamance region, wh... Wed, 08 May 2013 18:19:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2071974-red-cross-visits-12-kidnapped-senegal-rebels.html 2013-05-08T18:19:44Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2071622-dozens-kidnapped-m23-fief-congo-officials.html RUTSHURU, Congo (AP) — 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 leader on Wednesday. The kidnappings appear to be for ransom, a new and worrying trend in Congo's lawless east. The latest abduction took place Sunday, when an advisor to the area's Catholi... Wed, 08 May 2013 17:45:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2071622-dozens-kidnapped-m23-fief-congo-officials.html 2013-05-08T17:45:15Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2071490-british-police-arrest-fugitive-wanted-us.html LONDON (AP) — British police have arrested a fugitive who jumped bail nine years ago on attempted murder and kidnapping charges in the United States. Sean Lopes, a former science teacher, is wanted for confronting his 22-year-old ex-girlfriend with a gun and a knife and holding her hostage in New York City in June 2004. Police arrested the 47-year-old Lop... Wed, 08 May 2013 15:13:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2071490-british-police-arrest-fugitive-wanted-us.html 2013-05-08T15:13:42Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2070166-dugard-smart-offer-comments-cleveland-case.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Kidnapping survivors Jaycee Dugard and Elizabeth Smart have words of wisdom for the three women found this week in Cleveland years after their disappearances. Dugard was abducted from a California bus stop in 1991 at age 11 and was held captive for 18 years in a backyard, where she gave birth to two children conceived by rape. She made a... Wed, 08 May 2013 04:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2070166-dugard-smart-offer-comments-cleveland-case.html 2013-05-08T04:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2068820-discovery-3-women-recalls-abduction-cases.html 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. A list of some prominent cases: JAYCEE DUGARD Dugard was abducted in June 1991 on her way to school in South Lake Tahoe, California. Then 11, she was held for 18 years by Phillip and Nancy Garrido. She was r... Tue, 07 May 2013 18:46:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2068820-discovery-3-women-recalls-abduction-cases.html 2013-05-07T18:46:03Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2067976-yemeni-tribesmen-kidnap-2-egyptian-technicians.html SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A Yemeni security official says tribal gunmen have kidnapped two Egyptian technicians working in a cement factory in the south. The official said the tribesmen abducted the two on Monday in Abyan province and took them to an unknown destination at gunpoint. The security official, who spoke on condition of anonymity according to regulat... Tue, 07 May 2013 08:10:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2067976-yemeni-tribesmen-kidnap-2-egyptian-technicians.html 2013-05-07T08:10:36Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2059368-hostage-left-bemused-uk-piracy-mix-up.html LONDON (AP) — 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, plastic sword-wielding women on the lecture circuit earlier this month. Colin Darch , 75, said Thursday that his host, a southwest England chapter of the education-focused Women's Institute, seem... Thu, 02 May 2013 20:11:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2059368-hostage-left-bemused-uk-piracy-mix-up.html 2013-05-02T20:11:03Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2058274-lebanon-main-suspect-2011-kidnapping-arrested.html BEIRUT (AP) — Security forces have arrested the main suspect in the 2011 kidnapping of seven Estonian tourists and the more recent abduction of a Lebanese citizen that led to a wave of tit-for-tat kidnappings in areas near the Syrian border, police officials said Thursday. The officials said Hussein Hojeiri was detained two days ago in the eastern Bekaa V... Thu, 02 May 2013 18:15:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2058274-lebanon-main-suspect-2011-kidnapping-arrested.html 2013-05-02T18:15:15Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2053154-german-ship-operator-pirates-kidnap-5-crew.html BERLIN (AP) — A German shipping company says pirates have kidnapped five crew members from one of its ships off the coast of West Africa. Sunship Schiffahrtskontor KG says the captives, all Polish and Russian citizens, were seized Friday from the container ship City of Xiamen about 100 miles (160 kms) southwest of Bonnie Island, Nigeria. ... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:14:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2053154-german-ship-operator-pirates-kidnap-5-crew.html 2013-04-30T10:14:51Z