Safety pin and stick freed snatched boy
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A 13-year-old boy, kidnapped and left bound and gagged in a remote patch of Florida countryside used a safety pin, a stick and his teeth to free himself, his family said Tuesday. Clay Moore's stepfather, Steve Kelle, said the key to his escape was the safety pin that was holding together a rip in Clay's jacket.
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A three year-old British girl kidnapped last week in southern Nigeria has been freed, Rivers State chief of police Felix Ogbaudu and the British foreign ministry said on Sunday.
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An Australian journalist was held hostage in Iraq for nearly 24 hours but has now been released unharmed. John Martinkus was seized outside his Baghdad hotel on Saturday, according to his employer, SBS television.
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By Camila Moreiro SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Kidnappers have freed themother of one of Brazil's most exciting young soccer talents,Santos forward Robinho, 40 days after they seized her atgunpoint from a party, the player's agent said on Friday.
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A 13-year-old boy abducted at gunpoint from a school bus stop Friday morning made a "miraculous" escape hours later, authorities said. The gunman was still being sought.
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana - A would-be thief got a taste of his own medicine in Guyana when he was caught and attached to a utility pole with the same duct tape he intended to use to bound a family and rob them, police said Tuesday.
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Police appeal for help in finding a nine-year-old boy, who has been missing since Saturday.
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A Nigerian 3-year-old boy has been released by his kidnappers one day after he was snatched on his way to school in the Niger Delta, the boy's father said on Friday.
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Recently released Colombian hostage Clara Rojas was reunited Sunday with her 3-year-old son, who was fathered by one of her guerrilla captors but taken away from her months after he was born.
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One of two men who escaped from a county jail in New Jersey last month was back in custody Tuesday, authorities said.
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Kidnappers in Nigeria free a three-year-old British girl held hostage since Thursday, officials say.
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A six-year-old boy is treated in hospital after he was struck by a stolen car in Londonderry.
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PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria  - Nigerian kidnappers have demanded 10 million naira ($78,600) for a 3-year-old boy they snatched on his way to school in the lawless Niger Delta, relatives of the toddler said on Friday.
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A seven-year-old Lebanese boy has been kidnapped on his way home from school in Iraq by militants demanding a $US150,000 ($A203,693) ransom for his release, Lebanese officials said today.
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Kidnappers in Nigeria free three-year-old British girl Margaret Hill, after a three-day hostage ordeal.
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A convicted killer who escaped almost a week ago during a visit to a hospital, is recaptured in Scotland.
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A newborn kidnapped from a Lubbock hospital by a woman wearing hospital scrubs was found safe Sunday about 100 miles away in New Mexico, and police had a suspect under arrest.