Deal in works for alleged Mo. kidnapper
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Federal and local prosecutors are considering a plea deal that would mean life in prison for a man accused of kidnapping two boys and sexually abusing one of them, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
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The Philippine government is willing to negotiate with the kidnappers of a Filipino accountant being held captive in Iraq.
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Two FBI hostage negotiators were sent to Haiti on Tuesday to help secure the release of a kidnapped American missionary, officials said.
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U.S. forces released the negotiator representing Fallujah on Monday after detaining him for three days, and both sides in talks to end fighting in the insurgent-held Iraqi city said an agreement was still possible.
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Kidnappers of three U.N. workers in  Afghanistan said on Wednesday the government had agreed to  terms for their release, despite indications from Afghan and  U.S. officials that meeting the militants' demands was  impossible.
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Nationalists want to know if a  minister agreed to the unescorted outing of a violent schizophrenic prisoner.
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Baghdad, Iraq -- Some of Muqtada al-Sadr&#39;s aides in Iraq say kidnappers have promised to release a Western journalist, perhaps as early as Friday.
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Afghan kidnappers holding hostage three United Nation workers, including Annetta Flanigan from Northern Ireland, say the progress of negotiations for their release will decide whether they extend a deadline to execute the trio.
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One rescued hostage details what happened during the 53-hour ordeal.
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An aide to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr says Iraqi kidnappers have lifted their death threat on a US journalist. The aide says he has spoken to mediators who say they&#39;re working out a way to have Micah Garen of New York released.
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Authorities on Saturday combed an area near the Montana State Prison for two inmates, including one once accused of plotting to kidnap David Letterman's son, who escaped while working at the prison's ranch.
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The company says it is discussing a settlement with the Justice Department.
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Kidnappers abducted six Egyptians and four Iraqis working for the country&#39;s mobile-phone company, authorities said yesterday, and Muslim leaders in Britain announced plans to send negotiators to Baghdad in hopes of winning the release of hostage Kenneth
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BAGHDAD  - A French national who claims he has secured a deal for the release of two French reporters kidnapped in Iraq last month said Wednesday he is waiting for a US authorization to extract the pair by air.
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A French national who claims he has secured a deal for the release of two French reporters kidnapped in Iraq last month said Wednesday he is waiting for a US authorisation to extract the pair by air.
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Lawyers for Jamal Lewis are talking to federal prosecutors about a plea deal in the Baltimore Ravens running back&#39;s drug conspiracy case that would include jail time in the offseason, a source close to the case told The Associated Press on Saturday.
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NEGOTIATIONS for the release of Iraq hostage Kenneth Bigley are to begin between his captors and militants acting as intermediaries, it was claimed last night.