Haiti plea over child abductions
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Haiti President Rene Preval urges an end to a spate of abductions of children in the run-up to Christmas.
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Â· Children among captives forced to work for no payÂ· Local officials accused of colluding with traffickers
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Haiti&#39;s interim prime minister said Friday that he is seeking a warrant against ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide amid allegations of corruption.
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The UN children&#39;s agency Saturday called upon eastern and southern African nations, where more than eight million children live in dire poverty, to fight the boom in child trafficking on a war footing.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Kidnappers came for Petit-FrÃÂ¨re Desilus in the early afternoon, as he was driving away from his office.
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A grandmother of a newborn girl stolen from a rural home pleaded Saturday for the baby's safe return, as authorities searched for an abductor who stabbed and seriously injured the infant's mother before fleeing with the child.
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John Paul II appeals for the release of two French journalists being held hostage in Iraq.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, making his first trip to Haiti, called Thursday for strengthening the national police force to stem an upsurge in kidnapping and lawlessness.
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Rescuers are struggling to help the victims of tropical storm Jeanne, which has led to the death of over 2,000 people in northern Haiti, reports from the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince said.
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Fighting in eastern Congo this month has led to a surge in child abductions by armed groups who force minors to fight, carry ammunition or become their sex slaves, Save the Children said on Monday.
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The UN highlights the plight of children orphaned by the tsunami disaster, some of whose lives are at risk.
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Kidnappers have demanded $100,000 for the release of two U.S. missionaries seized on their way to church in Haiti's capital, a U.N. official said Thursday. The captors initially sought $500,000 but lowered the ransom demand during negotiations with the FBI, said Leslie Dallemand, chief of the U.N. peacekeeping mission's anti-kidnapping unit.
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The distraught mother of a three-year-old British girl taken hostage in southern Nigeria said Saturday her captors had asked for a ransom, as security agents intensified efforts to secure the toddler&#39;s release.
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The UN appeals for $98m (Â£50.26m) to help Haiti recover from years of turmoil and meet humanitarian needs.
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Haiti, which suffered 1,500 deaths following Tropical Storm Jeanne, is considering evacuating part of the city of Gonaives. Interim Prime Minister Gerard Latortue told the
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The UN children's fund urges young orphans of the disaster to be prioritised ahead of an aid summit.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE -- Gunme n abducted an American missionary as he left a church near the capital and have demanded a ransom for his release, United Nations police said yesterday. Nathan Jean-Bieubonne, a US citizen of Haitian descent, was seized Sunday afternoon , UN police spokesman Fred Blaise said. Blaise said a UN task force was working with Haitian police to ...