Standing firm against kidnapping innocents
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Chinese hostage Wang Peng, held by militants in Pakistan, was killed on Thursday when Pakistani troops launched a rescue operation.
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The safe release of two Italian aid workers held hostage in Iraq led to questions Wednesday over whether a ransom was paid, highlighting the dilemma of many governments if the price
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MEDELLIN, Colombia, Dec. 19 -- Some came to the Palace of Justice on Tuesday with huge color photographs of their loved ones strapped around their necks. Others wore T-shirts that read "Justice" and "Truth." Maria Eugenia Cobaleda, whose two older brothers were kidnapped in 1998 and never seen...
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The jury in the trial of a terror suspect is urged to put aside any prejudice they may have when reaching a verdict.
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Â· Alleged kidnappers posed as police to snatch family  Â· Prosthetic disguises used to hide faces, jury hears
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Prime Minister John Howard stood firm on Tuesday against withdrawing troops from Iraq after unconfirmed reports two Australians were taken hostage and would be killed within 24 hours unless Canberra pulls out.
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&gt; BAGHDAD, Iraq - Authorities insisted on Thursday that they won&#39;t give in to militants&#39; demands to free female Iraqi prisoners despite the plea of a tearful British hostage
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Â· Guns and equipment already handed overÂ· Insurgents promise not to attack Americans
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The latest abduction of a foreigner in Afghanistan - a Turkish engineer working on a US-sponsored road project - ended when the kidnappers killed him, apparently so he wouldn&#39;t slow them down with police hot on their trail.
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10/21/04. The kidnapping of CARE&#39;s director in Iraq, Margaret Hassan, is arguably no different in kind from the now-routine takings committed for cash or for political profit, but somehow it
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has his government is doing all in its power to help a kidnapped Briton -- but he has avoided a public response to insurgents threatening to kill the man.
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A Metropolitan Police commander defends action taken last week against crime gangs thought to be involved in child trafficking.
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Friends of the mother of Madeleine McCann defend her against suggestions she was involved in the disappearance.
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Editor&#39;s Note: Published on page A2 of the Oct. 31, 2004 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer. DESPITE the threat by a splinter Taliban group to kill a Filipino diplomat and two other hostages unless security
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Concern was mounting last night over the fate of two Italian aid workers kidnapped in Baghdad a fortnight ago, after two separate statements appeared on the internet claiming that the women had been killed.
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TONY EASTLEY: An Australian journalist snatched by insurgents in Iraq, has contradicted claims by Foreign Minister Alexander Downer that he was kidnapped in a part of Baghdad where he was advised not to go.
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Authorities remained tight-lipped Tuesday over efforts to secure the release of five embassy staff feared kidnapped in Ethiopia, as newspapers speculated over their fate.