Nigerian militants condemn kidnap of British girl
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The most high-profile armed group in southern Nigeria on Friday condemned the kidnapping of a three-year-old British girl there as &quot;an abomination&quot;.
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PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria  - Contacts began on Friday to try to win the release of a British toddler seized by kidnappers who have threatened to kill her unless they are paid ransom.
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A Briton was among four foreign oil workers kidnapped in southern Nigeria, the Foreign Office confirmed on Sunday.
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PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria  - The Nigerian kidnappers of a three-year-old British girl have told her mother they wanted to swap the child for the father or they would kill her, the mother said on Friday.
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Nigerian kidnappers have tonight released Margaret Hill, a three-year-old British girl seized in Port Harcourt on Thursday.
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One of four foreigners kidnapped last week during an attack on oil installation in southern Nigeria that all the hostages are &quot;fine&quot;.
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PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria  - Nigerian kidnappers have demanded 10 million naira ($78,600) for a 3-year-old boy they snatched on his way to school in the lawless Niger Delta, relatives of the toddler said on Friday.
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A three-year-old British girl kidnapped last week in southern Nigeria has been freed, Rivers State chief of police Felix Ogbaudu and the British foreign ministry said on Sunday.
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Baghdad - The Iraqi government denounced on Wednesday the kidnapping of Margaret Hassan, the head of the international relief group Care in Baghdad, and lashed out at Al-Jazeera television for airing footage of her in captivity.
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Nigerian authorities intensify efforts to free a three-year-old British girl kidnapped in the Niger Delta.
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The British and Iraqi governments said on Thursday they would not bow to the demands of militants threatening to kill a British captive, despite a video message from the hostage pleading for his life.
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The British and Iraqi governments said  Thursday they would not bow to the demands of militants  threatening to kill a British hostage, despite a video message  from the captive pleading for his life.
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At least one person has been killed and four foreigners were kidnapped during an attack by armed assailants against an oil installation belonging to Italian company Agip in southern Nigeria.
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A three year-old British girl kidnapped last week in southern Nigeria has been freed, Rivers State chief of police Felix Ogbaudu and the British foreign ministry said on Sunday.
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Islamic militants seeking to install a Taliban-style regime in northeastern Nigeria attacked a police convoy, killing three officers and abducting a dozen, police said Saturday.
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A video posted on an Islamist website purportedly shows a British hostage in Iraq pleading for his life. Militants have threatened to kill Kenneth Bigley unless the US and UK release all Iraqi women held in the country&#39;s prisons.
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The British and Iraqi governments said  Thursday they would not bow to the demands of militants  threatening to kill a British captive, despite a video message  from the hostage pleading for his life.