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  Sarkozy: Pirates have released hostages  Pirates have released the 30-member crew of a luxury yacht that was hijacked a week ago off the coast of Somalia   Sarkozy pleads for Colombian hostage

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Ex-hostage to make TV debut  Natascha Kampusch whose ordeal stunned people worldwide is going prime time Police: Hunt for Madeleine goes on  Portuguese police are still investigating Madeleine McCann's disappearance a year after the British toddler vanished without trace   Captive woman had 7 children by father Map of Amstetten Austria


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May.29   Austria
May.3   Portugal


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Apr.27   Austria
  Police believe a 73-year-old man held his daughter captive in his cellar for the past two decades and had seven children with her
 The existence of the woman, missing since 1984 and now 42, emerged apparently after a teenage child fell ill and had to be taken to hospital.

Apr.11   Paris
Apr.1   Paris
  French President will send a humanitarian mission to Colombia's jungles to treat ailing hostages held by leftist rebels there
 Ingrid Betancourt has both French and Colombian citizenship


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Feb.27   London   PM Brown: Hostage video deplorable
  British Prime Minister consulted with his Iraqi counterpart, following the release of a video showing a British national who was kidnapped

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Whalers accused of kidnapping activists

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Dec.5   Paris   Sarkozy urges Betancourt release
  French President has made a direct appeal to Colombian rebels to release long-held French-Colombian hostage
Oct.30   United Kingdom Madeleine fund paid for mortgage  The parents of Madeleine McCann used money donated to hunt for their daughter to make 2 mortgage payments Oct.28   France   Chad 'kidnapping' angers Sarkozy  French President has condemned French charity workers for trying to take more than 100 children out of the Chad-Darfur region Sep.16   London Branson to fund Madeleine family  Chairman of Virgin Group pledged $200,000 to help the couple declared suspects in the disappearance of their young daughter to clear their n... Freed Koreans return home Jun.28   Spain   2 arrested in missing girl case  Spanish police have arrested an Italian man and a Portuguese woman with links to Madeleine McCann, the 4-year-old British girl May.17   London UK in talks for release of reporter  Foreign Office has been holding talks with the attorney of a jailed associate of Osama bin Laden in a bid to secure the release of Alan John... May.15   Portugal Briton suspect in Madeleine hunt   Robert Murat questioned over the disappearance of Madeleine McCann is being treated as a suspect May.14   Portugal Search for girl focuses on villa  Police searching for a 4-year-old British Madeleine McCann, sealed off a villa near where she is believed to have been abducted Mar.19   Italy Captive speaks of Taleban horror   Journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo says he saw his captors cut off the head of one of two Afghans with him Missing teens discovered alive

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Oct.15   Rome Reporter seized in Afghanistan  Italy's Foreign Ministry believed photojournalist Gabriele Torsello had been kidnapped Sep.8   Austria Natascha abductor buried secretly Sep.6   Austria Girl 'dreamt of escaping' Aug.28   Austria Kidnap girl mourns captor Aug.27   Austria Mother pleads to see kidnap girl Aug.25   Austria Girl 'describes kidnap'  Natascha Kampusch held prisoner for 8 years says her captor made her call him 'master' for the first year Aug.23   Austria Girl 'found' after years
  In 1998 Natasha Kampusch, then aged 10, disappeared 8 years ago in a case which gripped the nation
Abduction claim of Fox News journalists Hezbollah kidnapping prompts Israeli move

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Sep.2   North Caucasus   School siege: '26 freed'
  Armed militants were holding more than 300 hostages for a second day Sep.1   North Caucasus Standoff school siege
  A tense standoff between authorities and attackers who seized at least 100 hostages, possibly as many as 400


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Oct.1   Germany Kidnapped banker's son: Body found  A corpse was found by a lake after police launched a massive search for Jakob, the son of Friedrich and Silvia von Metzler Aug.20   Berlin Hostages at Iraqi embassy
  A previously unknown Iraqi opposition group has taken hostages including the ambassador

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Jul.30   Russia Gunmen take 40 hostage  2 masked men have taken hostage people travelling on a bus in southern Russia



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