Nayan kidnappers may spare him, says labor chief
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MANILA -- A government official said Friday that kidnapped Filipino Angelito Nayan has a big chance of getting freed, despite the breakdown on talks with his Afghan kidnappers who said they would decide Friday whether to execute their hostages.
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KABUL, Nov 7 - Kidnappers who have threatened to kill three UN workers in Afghanistan have agreed to give the government until Tuesday to find and release 26 Taliban prisoners, a spokesman for the kidnappers said on Sunday.
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Kabul, Afghanistan -- The kidnapping of three foreign election workers has raised fears that an Iraq-style hostage crisis may be about to engulf the country.
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THE Australian Government might help plead for the release of kidnapped CARE Australia worker Margaret Hassan, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said today.
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The kidnappers of a Northern Ireland woman in Afghanistan have again extended the deadline for their demands to be met. Annetta Flanigan from County Armagh and her United Nations colleagues, Filipino Angelito
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NEW DELHI - A little-known militant group threatened to avenge the killing of Indiaâs most dreaded bandit with a series of bomb blasts in southern India, New Delhi Television said Saturday.
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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.
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The family of Angelito Nayan appealed Tuesday to kidnappers in Afghanistan to free the United Nations worker and asked some sectors in the Philippines not to exploit their kinsman&#39;s plight to advance their political agenda.
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The family of an Indian doctor arrested in Australia on terrorism charges and later freed expects the government there to compensate for "turning his life upside down," a relative said.
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The family of Irish born aid worker Margaret Hassan have said they fear she may have been murdered by her captors. The 59-year-old director of Care International has been held hostage since October 19.
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Philippine Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Special Concerns and Crisis Management Committee chairman Rafael Seguis speaks about the situation of Filipino hostage Angelito Nayan at the Department of Foreign Affairs in suburban Manila Sunday, Oct.
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The employer of two Chinese engineers  kidnapped in Pakistan was hopeful they would be released as  their abductors were targeting neither the company nor Chinese,  a spokesman for the firm said on Monday.
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Holding talks with the Tamil Tigers' shadowy leader would be a blunder and there will be no peace unless he is killed, Sri Lankan militant-turned-minister Douglas Devananda has warned.
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Australia&#39;s prime minister says a body found in Fallujah is likely that of kidnapped aid worker Margaret Hassan. John Howard told Parliament a videotape of an Iraqi terrorist group executing a Western woman appears to have been genuine.
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Â· Boy of kidnapped woman may be in care, says UribeÂ· Credibility of government and Farc hang on DNA test
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Staff are to receive counselling to help them cope with the ordeal, which involved the families of two employees being held hostage for over 24 hours.
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Two kidnapped foreign aid workers are believed to be safe and police are on the trail of the gunmen who abducted them, Somali officials said Friday.