As the political administration of Frontier Region (FR) Bannu on Friday claimed to have found some clues to the female Canadian journalist, who was kidnapped in troubled region of Pakistan on Wednesday, she has appealed to visitors of his website to contribute for assisting...
Kidnapping activities seem like a game of forever. I wonder when will this end."Abu Sayyaf kidnappers released before dawn Thursday one of two abducted humanitarian workers after ransom was paid, ending her 45-day ordeal on the island-province of Basilan."
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SUDAN'S foreign ministry have revealed that five of the Chinese oil workers held hostage in Sudan have been killed. Two escaped, wounded, and the other two of the nine were still in kidnappers' hands. The group were kidnapped from the Kardofan oilfield in central...
A senior reporter of a mainstream English daily of Pakistan -- The News -- in Peshawar, Javed Afridi escaped from captivity of the kidnappers Saturday and reached home safe and sound.Armed men had kidnapped him near...
Somalian captors of the German couple & French boat captain have demanded a hefty $1 million ransom for releasing them. Kidnappings have become a thriving business in Somalia. Highjackers have got huge ransom in the past. " A government minister says...
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"Hong Kong (ANTARA News) - A Hong Kong toddler caused a sensation after he crawled out of the window of his mother's sixth-floor apartment, police said Monday.In a scene reminiscent of the 1994 film Baby's Day Out, the 18-month-old boy climbed out of the window via a cupboard...
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When comparing Canada's Notorious Serial Killer Wally Pickton's sentence of 4.1 years per murder victim versus 4 Criminals ongoing past Drug and present Kidnapping...
"A MILITARY operation to rescue the remaining 21 Korean hostages held by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan has begun hours after a Taliban deadline expired, a provincial official said.
“The operation has...
"Kidnappers in southern Nigeria have released a three-year-old British girl who was held hostage for three days.
Margaret Hill was in good health and being cared for by officials in Port Harcourt city, a government spokeswoman told the Reuters news agency.
The child was...
"PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (AP) - Gunmen seized the mother of a newly elected state governor in oil-rich southern Nigeria, police said Tuesday.
The navy, meanwhile, reported an attack off southern Bayelsa state by gunmen armed with dynamite and assault rifles on a vessel...
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Nigerian kidnappers have released all 24 Filipino seamen they had been holding captive in the creeks of the oil-producing Niger Delta since January 20, the men's employer, German shipping firm Baco-Liner, said on Tuesday.
The kidnappers said they had freed the men "on...
This case has taken quite some time to make it through Italy's court system, but there is a massive political element to it as well. Whilst a case could be made that the accused was just doing his job, the US Army's cover-up of the incident casts aspersions on their...
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"In another embarrassment for the Bush administration's handling of its so-called war on terror, German prosecutors issued on Wednesday, January 31, arrest warrants for 13 CIA agents accused of kidnapping, detaining and torturing a German national of Lebanese origin."
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