Authorities have identified the kidnappers of an American working for the UN refugee agency but want to avoid hasty action that may endanger him.
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/ 13 February 2009
A Sri Lankan peace advocate was kidnapped on Friday in the southern Philippines, police and military officials said.
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/ 9 February 2009
An alleged proof-of-life video raised hopes on Sunday over the fate of two Canadian diplomats who were kidnapped almost eight weeks ago in Niger.
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/ 4 December 2008
OJ Simpson could receive a tough jail term on Friday when he goes back to court for sentencing after being convicted of armed robbery and kidnapping.
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/ 1 November 2008
A death threat against six French hostages seized from an oil vessel off Cameroon has been lifted, a commander of a militia group said on Saturday.
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/ 28 October 2008
Kidnappers killed five Chinese oil workers on Monday out of nine they had been holding hostage in central Sudan for more than a week.
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/ 21 October 2008
Sudanese forces were struggling through rain and harsh terrain to try to rescue nine kidnapped Chinese oil workers, the government said on Monday.
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/ 12 October 2008
Former ANC chairperson Mosiuoa Lekota has urged South Africans to help defend the Constitution against attacks by new ruling-party leaders.
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/ 29 September 2008
A group of European tourists and their Egyptian guides who were kidnapped by armed bandits 10 days ago have been freed unharmed.
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/ 28 September 2008
Police arrested seven suspects in the early hours of Sunday morning in connection with the kidnapping of a Japanese businessman in a 419 scam.
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/ 24 September 2008
Sudanese forces were laying siege on Wednesday to a remote desert hideout where bandits have 19 people captive.
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/ 23 September 2008
Egypt scoured the desert on Tuesday to find 19 people, including European tourists, kidnapped in the remote south and taken to Sudan.
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/ 22 September 2008
Unicef on Monday urged the immediate release of 90 children kidnapped in the DRC by rebels from Uganda’s Lord’s Resistance Army.
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/ 22 September 2008
Masked bandits have kidnapped a group of 19 foreign tourists and Egyptians who were on an expedition in a remote corner of the Sahara Desert.
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/ 19 September 2008
Two South Africans who had been held hostage by Nigerian militants have been released, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday.
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/ 17 September 2008
No confirmation has been received of the release of the two South Africans kidnapped in the Niger Delta last week, the government says.
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/ 10 September 2008
Two South Africans have been abducted in Nigeria, the South African government confirmed on Wednesday.
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/ 9 September 2008
Twelve years and 11 months after he was acquitted of the murder of his former wife, OJ Simpson’s freedom is hanging in the judicial balance.
A newborn baby stolen from the maternity ward in Barberton Hospital in Nelspruit has been found dead, police said on Tuesday.