San Jose girl used wits to escape kidnapper
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A San Jose girl who was kidnapped and repeatedly sexually assaulted continued testifying today against her alleged abductor, telling a remarkable story of bravery and quick thinking.
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VIENNA, Sept. 6 -- Natascha Kampusch, kidnapped as a bright-eyed 10-year-old and held for more than eight years, dreamed in her underground cell of chopping off her abductor's head with an ax and despaired as she read newspaper accounts of police dredging ponds for her corpse.
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A 19-year-old German woman has escaped  from prison by hiding in a friend's suitcase.
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NORTH Koreaâs solemn return of the remains of a 13-year-old Japanese girl they kidnapped decades ago have proved to be a cruel trick, a furious Japan said yesterday.
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A fugitive killed a couple working at a convenience store, then kidnapped the woman's 14-year-old daughter and was holding her hostage Friday at a motel, authorities said.
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Authorities in Mexico City on Wednesday captured the second of two inmates who made a daring escape last month from a New Jersey jail, a U.S. marshal said.
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Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones at the 10th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles. Picture:Lucy Nicholson. British actress Catherine Zeta-Jones narrowly escaped an abduction attempt in Mexico, a London tabloid has reported.
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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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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.
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An 18-year-old woman who was kidnapped eight years ago and held captive in a cellar managed to escape, and her alleged abductor committed suicide by jumping in front of a train, authorities said Thursday.
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NIIGATA, Japan -- Megumi Yokota was walking home from badminton practice here in Niigata, on the northern coast of Japan, when North Korean agents grabbed the 13-year-old and packed her off to a waiting ship.
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A battered hostage, his wrists and ankles shackled to a wall, has been rescued by U.S. Marines moving through Fallujah, military officials said today, providing further evidence that the rebel-held city was being used as a hideout for kidnappers.
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The Austrian teenager kidnapped and held captive for eight years says she is struggling to adjust to her new life.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A prisoner who escaped last June was recaptured this week and accused of robbery after surviving for months by hiding out in a vacant electronics store and eating stolen baby food, police said.
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A young Austrian woman told police on Wednesday she had escaped a kidnapper after being held for eight years in a sealed garage, apparently resolving a missing child case that shook the nation, officials said.
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ORLANDO, Florida  - Disguised in a dark wig, glasses and a trench coat, U.S. space shuttle astronaut Lisa Nowak waited in hiding for a woman she considered a rival for another astronaut's affections and tried to kidnap her, police in Orlando said on Monday.
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The teenager who made a dramatic escape after 8 1/2 years of captivity in a windowless cell has agreed to a televised interview this week, giving Austrians their first glimpse of the young woman whose nightmare has fascinated the nation.