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| Jun. 7 |
Ohio |
Ohio 'abductor' faces 329 charges
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North Mexico |
165 kidnapped migrants freed in Mexico
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| Jun. 4 |
Mexico |
Mystery deepens around missing youths |
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| May. 21 |
Sinai |
Sinai security hostages 'freed' |
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| May.20 |
 Basra |
Kidnapped civilians among dozens killed in Iraq 
At least nine people were killed and 37 others wounded when two car bombs exploded Monday in a pair of neighborhoods, Basra police said
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| May.18 |
Syria |
Father of Assad spokesman kidnapped |
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| May.15 |
Ohio |
Ohio 'kidnapper' to plead not guilty
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| May.9 |
Ohio |
Ohio 'kidnapper' could be executed
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 Ohio |
Cleveland kidnap accused in court 
Ariel Castro, 52, accused of imprisoning three women for about a decade in the US city of Cleveland has made his first court appearance
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| May.8 |
Ohio |
Rape and kidnap charges for Ohio man
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Ohio |
Ohio women 'were tied and chained' Cleveland's police chief has said the three women held captive in an Ohio house for about a decade were restrained with ropes and chains
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| May.7 |
Ohio |
Police to quiz Cleveland suspects
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Ohio |
US police hail rescued women's bravery Officials have praised the bravery of three women who have been found alive in a Cleveland, Ohio, home after vanishing about a decade ago
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| May.6 |
Ohio |
Three US women missing for years in fair condition Map of Cleveland OH U. S. Midwest Three young women who vanished about a decade ago have been found and are in hospital in a fair condition, officials have said
| Ariel Castro, a 52-year-old suspect, has been arrested in connection with the case
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| Apr.26 |
Nigeria |
Boko Haram 'got $3m ransom' to free hostages |
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| Apr.22 |
Northern Syria |
Gunmen abduct bishops in Syria |
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| Apr.21 |
Afghanistan |
'Foreigners held' in Afghanistan |
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| Apr.10 |
Florida |
Cuba hands fugitive parents to U.S. officials |
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| Apr.9 |
Cuba |
Cuba to return US 'kidnap' parents |
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| Mar.22 |
Southern Philippines |
Abu Sayyaf release Australia hostage |
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| Mar.10 |
 Nigeria |
Nigeria hostages are feared dead A Nigerian Islamist militant group Ansaru's claims to have killed seven foreign hostages it seized last month are credible, Western governments...
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| Mar.6 |
Syria |
Filipinos taken hostage in Syria
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| Feb.20 |
Mexico |
Mexico 'colluded in disappearances' |
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| Feb.17 |
Nigeria |
Foreign workers abducted in Nigeria Map of Bauchi Nigeria At least six foreign workers have been seized and a security guard shot dead by gunmen who attacked a construction company site in northern Nigeria
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| Jan.21 |
Algeria |
Count of hostage deaths in Algeria standoff rises to 37
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| Jan.20 |
Algeria |
Hostage death toll 'rises to 48' |
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Algeria |
Algeria 'kidnappers taken alive' |
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| Jan.19 |
Algeria |
7 hostages reported dead in 'final assault' |
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 Algeria |
Algeria siege ends in bloodshed Map of Amenas Algeria Algerian troops have ended a siege at a gas facility in the Sahara desert killing 11 Islamist militants after they killed seven hostages
| The hostages were summarily killed as the troops tried to free them. Foreign workers were among the hostages
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| Jan.18 |
Algeria |
Hostage nations' Algeria concern
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| Jan.17 |
Algeria |
Hostages missing in Algeria raid Map of Amenas Algeria An Algerian army operation to free hostages at a gas facility in the desert has left a number of Islamist militants and their captives missing
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Mali |
Americans held hostage in Algeria |
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| Jan.16 |
Algeria |
Americans held hostage in Algeria |
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| Jan.12 |
Somalia |
French soldier killed and hostage dead in Somalia
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| Oct.2 |
Syria |
Video of missing journalist surfaces |
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| Aug.4 |
Syria |
Iran pilgrims abducted in Syria |
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| Jun.2 |
Northern Afghanistan |
4 aid workers rescued in Afghanistan |
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| Apr.2 |
Colombia |
Colombia Farc hostages released |
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| Mar.8 |
Nigeria |
Briton, Italian killed amid rescue Map of Sokoto Nigeria The suspected killers of Italian and British hostages who had been held in Nigeria have been arrested, an adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan said
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| Jan.25 |
Somalia |
Navy SEALs rescue aid workers
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| Dec.9 |
Iran |
American missing in Iran seen in video |
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| Dec.1 |
Pakistan |
Al-Qaeda says it has US citizen |
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| Nov.11 |
Venezuela |
Venezuela: Baseball catcher 'found alive' |
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| Nov.10 |
Venezuela |
Baseball star abducted in Venezuela
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| Oct.13 |
 Kenya |
Doctors seized near Somali border Gunmen have kidnapped two Spanish doctors working for the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres near Kenya's border with Somalia
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| Apr.14 |
Gaza |
Italian activist kidnapped found dead |
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| Feb.22 |
Somalia |
4 Americans slain by captors on yacht
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| Dec.26 |
Southern Afghanistan |
Turkish engineers kidnapped in Afgha-n
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| Nov.29 |
Wisconsin |
All hostages freed at US school |
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| Nov.14 |
Somalia |
British pair freed from pirates |
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| Oct.31 |
Baghdad |
37 dead in Iraqi rescue mission |
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| Oct.9 |
Afghanistan |
UK aid worker killed in Afghanistan |
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| Aug.23 |
 Manila |
Bloody end to hostage siege Rolando Mendoza, a former police officer upset at having lost his job, took hostage a busload of tourists from Hong Kong and killed eight of...
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| Aug.16 |
North Mexico |
Mayor of Santiago kidnapped and killed |
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| Jul.28 |
North Mexico |
Four journalists held hostage |
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| Feb.4 |
 Haiti |
U.S. missionaries charged with kidnapping Ten Americans detained while trying to take 33 Haitian children out of the country were charged with kidnapping children and criminal associ...
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| Jan.22 |
Somalia |
Hostages: Pirates will kill us in days |
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| Dec.22 |
Colombia |
Kidnapped governor found dead |
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| Oct.29 |
Somalia |
Couple tell of Somalia kidnapping |
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| Oct.10 |
Rawalpindi |
Hostages at army HQ released |
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 Rawalpindi |
Armed militants hold hostages at army HQ At least 4 gunmen were holding 10 to 15 people hostage inside army headquarters in after an attack left at least 10 people dead
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| Aug.27 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Missing girl found 18 years on Map of Antioch CA California Jaycee Lee Dugard found after being abducted as a girl in 1991 gave birth to two children fathered by her kidnapper Phillip Garrido, 58
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| Jul.31 |
Iran |
3 U.S. tourists held by Iran |
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| Apr.10 |
Somalia |
Hostage dies as French attack pirates |
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Somalia |
Captain tried to escape pirates |
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| Apr.9 |
Somalia |
U.S. negotiators try to free captain |
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| Apr.8 |
Somalia |
Drama as US crew recapture vessel |
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| Mar.13 |
Darfur |
Abducted aid workers reportedly freed |
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| Feb.1 |
West Pakistan |
American U.N. official kidnapped |
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Colombia |
FARC rebels release 4 hostages |
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| Dec.9 |
 Rio de Janeiro |
Protesters: 9,000 disappeared in 2 years Protesters took to the beaches of Copacabana to draw attention to the 9,000 people they say have disappeared in the city since January 2007
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| Oct.18 |
Sudan |
9 Chinese workers, 2 Sudanese kidnapped |
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| Sep.29 |
Egypt |
Kidnapped European tourists freed
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| Aug.30 |
Mexico |
Masses march against violence in Mexico |
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| Jul.20 |
Colombia |
World rallies for FARC hostages' freedom |
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| Jul.15 |
Colombia |
Colombia used Red Cross logo in rescue |
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| Jul.2 |
 Colombia |
Betancourt rescued from FARC | In a secret operation the Colombian military infiltrated rebel group and deceived its members into giving up 15 hostages. Along with French-Colombian politician, 3 American contractors and 11 other hostages who were Colombian police were rescued. Appearing h... | |
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| Apr.27 |
 Austria |
Captive woman had 7 children by father Map of Amstetten 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 app... | |
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| Apr.1 |
Paris |
Sarkozy pleads for Colombian hostage |
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| Jan.16 |
Antarctica |
Whalers accused of kidnapping activists |
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| Jan.13 |
Colombia |
Freed hostage sees son |
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| Jan.10 |
Venezuela |
Freed hostages reunited with families
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| Dec.24 |
Kashmir |
Mosque besieged |
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| Oct.17 |
Somalia |
Aid stopped after kidnap |
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| Sep.1 |
South Korea |
Freed Koreans return home
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| Aug.30 |
 Afghanistan |
Final S. Korean hostages freed by Taliban Kidnappers released the 7 remaining hostages and handed them over to Red Cross officials
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| Aug.18 |
Kabul |
German woman kidnapped |
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| Aug.13 |
Afghanistan |
Two female Korean hostages freed |
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| Jul.21 |
Afghanistan |
Taliban: 2 German hostages killed |
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| Jul.20 |
Afghanistan |
Taliban threaten abducted South Koreans
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| Jul.5 |
Nigeria Delta |
Three-year-old seized |
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| Jul.3 |
 Gaza |
BBC reporter Alan Johnston freed Johnston, kidnapped March 12 by a group calling itself the Army of Islam, was wearing blue jeans and looking gaunt
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| Jun.1 |
Gaza |
Video released of BBC's Johnston |
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| May.29 |
Baghdad |
Five Britons seized
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| Mar.27 |
Manila |
Gunmen seize bus |
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| Jan.12 |
Missouri |
Missing teens discovered alive The boys, one of whom was last in 2002, have been found alive at the home of a 41-year-old Michael Devlin
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| Nov.14 |
Baghdad |
Gunmen grab up to 100 from institute The minister of higher education ordered universities closed until security improves
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| Aug.23 |
Austria |
Girl 'found' after years
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Gaza |
Abduction claim of Fox News journalists |
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| Jul.12 |
 Southern Lebanon |
Hezbollah kidnapping prompts war | Guerrillas killed 3 Israeli soldiers and captured 2 more, prompting airstrikes and military raids inside southern Lebanon. Israel has launched air strikes on bridges and roads in southern Lebanon to stop Hezboll... | |
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| Jun.25 |
Iraq |
Al Qaeda group killed 4 Russian hostages
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| Jun.17 |
Baghdad |
Insurgents captured U.S. soldiers
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| Mar.10 |
Iraq |
FBI: Body of U.S. hostage found
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| Feb.9 |
Kuwait |
Abducted journalist makes new plea on TV |
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| Jan.28 |
Iraq |
Captors: Last chance for demand |
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| Nov.29 |
Iraq |
Video airs of purported hostages
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| Jun.15 |
Iraq |
Jubilant ex-hostage tells of rescue |
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| Jun.9 |
Kabul |
Italy hostage released in Kabul |
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| Oct.19 |
Iraq |
Agency halts aid projects after kidnap |
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| Sep.28 |
Iraq |
Italians freed, Frenchmen to be released |
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| Sep.27 |
Iraq |
Kidnapped Iranian diplomat freed |
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| Sep.24 |
Baghdad |
Six Egyptians taken |
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| Sep.1 |
North Caucasus |
Standoff school siege
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| Jul.23 |
Iraq |
Militants take Egyptian diplomat hostage |
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| Jun.8 |
Iraq |
Kidnapped Italians, Pole freed |
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| May.29 |
Saudi Arabia |
50 foreigners held hostage
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| Apr.8 |
Iraq |
Japanese, Koreans taken hostage
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| Aug.18 |
Mali |
14 European hostages released |
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| Aug.20 |
Berlin |
Hostages at Iraqi embassy |
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| Apr.23 |
Miami |
Elian reunited with father |
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