'Mexico's Madonna' Freed on Kidnap, Rape Charges
444653
CHIHUAHUA, Mexico  - Fallen Mexican pop diva  Gloria Trevi was freed from prison on Tuesday after being found  not guilty of helping to kidnap and rape teenage girls lured  into her cult-like musical clan by dreams of stardom.
581548
Colombian authorities say they have arrested one of the country's most notorious kidnappers.
24476
SAN JOSE DEL GUAVIARE, Colombia  - Marxist rebels freed two women hostages held for years in Colombia's jungle in a Venezuelan-brokered deal on Thursday, raising hopes for dozens of other captives languishing in secret camps.
632269
Nigerian kidnappers released a 3-year-old British girl on Sunday after holding her for four days, and no ransom was paid, according to Nigerian police sources close to the investigation.
80766
The Iraqi Catholic archbishop of  Mosul who was kidnapped at gunpoint on Monday was freed on  Tuesday morning without a ransom being paid, the Vatican said.
347105
A group of 24 Filipino hostages kidnapped more than three weeks ago have been freed, a spokesman for Baco-Liner, their employer, said Tuesday.
652962
NEW DELHI: Police have rescued a 12-year-old girl who was kidnapped five years ago when she was just seven and fed hormones to prepare her for prostitution, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.
746858
SANTOS, Brazil -- Kidnappers have freed the mother of Santos forward Robinho, one of Brazil&#39;s most talented players, 40 days after seizing her at gunpoint.
965
"The Scream" and another stolen   masterpiece by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch were recovered by   police on Thursday, two years and nine days after gunmen seized   the paintings from an Oslo museum.
731160
Police recovered two paintings they believe are the Edvard Munch masterpieces "The Scream" and "Madonna," two years after masked gunmen seized the priceless artworks from an Oslo museum in a bold, daylight ...
584928
A Polish woman who was abducted last month from her apartment in Baghdad has been freed, the Polish prime minister said Saturday.
30976
OSLO -- Two years after the brazen daylight theft of national artistic treasures from a museum, police announced yesterday they recovered the Edvard Munch masterpieces ``The Scream" and ``Madonna."
744781
Minutes after Mexican pop idol Gloria Trevi was cleared of rape and kidnapping charges and freed from prison, she broke into song and announced she was releasing a new record.
701615
Forty-one days after her dramatic abduction, Marina Lima de Souza, the mother of Brazilâs brightest footballing star, has been freed.
316614
Two men kidnapped by as many as 40 bandits at a Mexican hunting ranch near the U.S. border were released unharmed Wednesday, but three others remained missing, authorities said.
526189
Archbishop Basile Georges Casmoussa, who was kidnapped by masked gunmen on Monday, was freed today without the payment of any ransom, the Vatican said.
367006
The highest-ranking jailed member of Colombia's main guerrilla group was freed by the government Monday as part of a wider prisoner release intended to help secure the freedom of 60 hostages &#151; including three Americans &#151; held by the guerrillas.