Kidnappers release Robinho&#39;s mother
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SANTOS -- Kidnappers freed on Friday the mother of Santos forward Robinho, one of Brazil&#39;s most talented young players, 40 days after seizing her at gunpoint while she was attending a barbecue.
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An Italian volunteer worker kidnapped earlier by an unidentified group in the southern Philippines has been released, the Philippine military said Wednesday.
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Brazil's finance minister was taken hostage for hours this week by armed assailants who invaded and robbed a country retreat he was visiting for a barbecue during carnival, officials and Brazilian media said Friday.
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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 lawless Niger Delta, the boy's father said on Friday.
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KIDNAPPERS have freed the mother of one of Brazilâs most exciting young footballing talents 40 days after they seized her at gunpoint, amid reports that a ransom was paid.
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One of the two CBS journalists kidnapped in the Iraqi city of Basra on Sunday has been released.
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A Lebanese hostage abducted with three Italians in southern Nigeria has been freed after being held for more than 10 weeks, the Italian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.
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Kidnappers have released a 7-year-old Lebanese boy after a week they grabbed him as he was walking home from school in Iraq, the Lebanese Foreign Ministry said Friday. It was not immediately clear if a ransom was paid.
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Kidnappers have released Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi&#39;s cousin after taking him hostage for 12days, the Arabic-language al-Arabiya TV channel reported Sunday.
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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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Santos won the Brazilian championship for the second time in three years on Sunday with a 2-1 victory over Vasco da Gama after forward Robinho returned following the end of his mother&#39;s 40-day kidnap ordeal.
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Nigerian kidnappers have released six  hostages seized on October 26 from an Italian offshore oil  production facility, private security contractors working for  oil companies said on Tuesday.
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A Colombian woman freed last week after six years in rebel hands goes home with news of fellow hostages.
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A woman who was held hostage for nearly six years in Colombia waited Friday for a dramatic reunion with her 3-year-old son.
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Six foreign oil workers who were kidnapped from an offshore oil field in the Niger Delta were released Tuesday after three days in captivity, officials said.
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SAO PAULO: The mother of Santos striker Robinho was released unharmed yesterday, 40 days after she was kidnapped at a family gathering.