Kidnappings prevalent in Phoenix
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A woman leaving an eyeglass store is grabbed in the parking lot by four men who force her, kicking and screaming, into a pickup truck. The kidnappers demand a $900,000 ransom.
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When Margaret Hassan was kidnapped in October, her car was waved down by two men in Iraqi police uniforms. Gunmen surrounded the car and dragged Ms Hassan&#39;s driver and unarmed guard from their seats.
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A team of kidnappers grabbed two Americans and a Briton in a dawn raid on their home Thursday -- a bold abduction that underscores the increasing danger for foreigners in the
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For residents of this border city, it was a terrifying yet familiar tale: Three more Texans vanished in the dangerous Mexican countryside across the Rio Grande, abducted amid reports of escalating violence between warring drug cartels.
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Kidnappings by Muslim militants have driven non-Iraqis and those working with them into hiding to a degree not experienced since the nationwide uprising in April kept most foreigners locked inside their compounds.
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Thieves, rapists, kidnappers and  hoaxers are preying on tsunami survivors and families of  victims in Asian refugee camps, hospitals and in the home  countries of European tourists hit by the wave.
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Insurgents in Iraq have kidnapped dozens of people in their campaign to drive out coalition forces and hamper reconstruction:
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Police said Thursday they have evidence linking a sexual assault suspect already in custody with the nine killings attributed to the "Baseline Killer," a serial predator who terrorized the Phoenix area for months.
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Authorities said six armed people were holed up Wednesday at a high school in northeastern Arizona on the Navajo Nation. It was unclear whether the six were holding students hostage at Ganado High School or whether the six armed people were students.
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Police said at least one suspect has taken an unknown number of people hostage at the Mexican Consulate near downtown Los Angeles.
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Urgent attempts under way to free four security guards and finance expert seized by gunmen in police uniforms.
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Two men charged with more than a dozen shootings that terrorized the Phoenix area for months pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of murder and attempted murder. Dale Hausner, 33, and Samuel Dieteman, 30, entered their pleas via a video link during a brief hearing.
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DOZENS of people, many of them women and children, were killed or wounded in attacks across Iraq overnight amid reports that more than 60 Iraqi policemen have been kidnapped.
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Sheriff's deputies in the Phoenix area on Thursday began asking drivers getting ticketed for certain traffic violations to provide their fingerprints, drawing criticism from civil rights activists.
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PHOENIX, Dec. 7 -- A broad-shouldered cement-plant worker who kept a tidy garden and enjoyed hiking in the desert with his wife was accused Thursday by Phoenix police of committing a series of murders, sexual assaults and other crimes now tied to the "Baseline Killer," a serial predator who set the...
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At least 30 Iraqi policemen are kidnapped in an armed ambush as they return home from training in Jordan, police say.
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Police look into reported sightings as the 50th day of the four-year-old's abduction is marked around the world.