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            Chart 		Summary.     Click for More > Pirates free crew of Spanish boat Sarkozy pleads for Colombian hostage Judges freed by new PM Whalers accused of kidnapping activists Freed hostages reunited with families   2 hostages freed by Colombian rebels have landed in Caracas, where their friends and family carrying flowers clapped and embraced them Benazir Bhutto assassinated Aid stopped after kidnap Freed Koreans return home Final S. Korean hostages freed by Taliban  Kidnappers released the 7 remaining hostages and handed them over to Red Cross officials German woman kidnapped Two female Korean hostages freed
Detectives study cellar Captive woman had 7 children by father Map of Amstetten Austria
Apr. 27   Austria
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  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...
Apr. 26   Somalia
Apr.1   Paris
Jan.16   Antarctica
Jan.10   Venezuela

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Oct.17   Somalia
Sep.1   South Korea
Aug.30   Afghanistan
Aug.18   Kabul
Aug.13   Afghanistan

Pirates free crew of Spanish boat  Pirates have released the Playa de Bakio, a Basque tuna fishing boat, and its 26 crew members seized off the coast of Somalia Pakistan envoy: I am Taliban hostage Rebels reject French aid to hostage   Sarkozy pleads for Colombian hostage   French President will send a humanitarian mission to Colombia's jungles to treat ailing hostages held by leftist rebels there Chavez: Little chance to free Betancourt Judges freed by new PM Whalers accused of kidnapping activists  An anti-whaling group is accusing the crew of a vessel of kidnapping 2 activists who climbed on board the ship to try to stop its whaling op... Freed hostage sees son Scandal-hit Interpol chief quits Freed hostages reunited with families

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Police: Hunt for Madeleine goes on Detectives study cellar   Police have described the cellar where a woman was allegedly held captive and sexually abused for 24 years by her father Captive woman had 7 children by father Map of Amstetten Austria
May. 3   Portugal
Apr. 27   Austria
  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. 26   Somalia
Apr. 19   Afghanistan
Apr.11  Paris  Sarkozy: Pirates have released hostages
Apr.8   Colombia
Apr.4  Colombia  Doubt grows over hostage release
Apr.3  Colombia  Rebels demand exchange
Apr.1   Paris
Mar.25   Venezuela
 Iraq  Bodies of kidnapped US contractors found
Mar.13  Iraq  U.S. sent fingers of Iraq kidnap victims
Mar.5  Sri Lanka  Government rapped over 'disappeared'
 China  China hijacker takes Australians hostage
Feb.27  Venezuela  4 hostages released by FARC
 London  PM Brown: Hostage video deplorable
 Colombia  Hostage mission begins
Jan.29  Venezuela  Hostage gang captured
Jan.28  West Pakistan  School siege ends peacefully
Jan.18  United Arab Emirates  Dubai rape teen negative for HIV
Jan.16   Antarctica
Jan.13   Colombia
Jan.10   Venezuela
  2 hostages freed by Colombian rebels have landed in Caracas, where their friends and family carrying flowers clapped and embraced them
Jan.4  Colombia  FARC admit 'hostage boy' not held

year 2007 Top ^

Dec.31  Colombia  New delay for hostages Benazir Bhutto assassinated Dec.24   Kashmir Mosque besieged Dec.5   Paris Sarkozy urges Betancourt release Former Khmer Rouge leader arrested Nov.8  Venezuela  Hostage talks see spark of hope Oct.23  Somalia  U.N. food chief released Oct.17   Somalia Aid stopped after kidnap  The UN has stopped distributing food in Mogadishu, after government troops abducted the local head of the World Food Program Sep.1   South Korea   Freed Koreans return home  The 19 church workers freed from captivity in Afghanistan have arrived home in Seoul, after being held by the Taleban for 6 weeks Aug.31   Colombia Chavez to help broker hostage deal Aug.30   Afghanistan   Final S. Korean hostages freed by Taliban
  Kidnappers released the 7 remaining hostages and handed them over to Red Cross officials
Aug.29   Afghanistan Taliban frees 12 South Korean hostages Aug.28  Afghanistan  Taliban: Korean hostages to be released Aug.19   Kabul Kidnapped German woman freed  Afghanistan  Kidnapped German in Afghan video Aug.18   Kabul German woman kidnapped  A woman has been kidnapped at gunpoint in the heart of the capital. She works for an international aid organisation Aug.13   Afghanistan   Two female Korean hostages freed  Kim Kyung Ja and Kim Jina were now in Ghazni's provincial capital, 25 days after they were seized Aug.11  Afghanistan  Taliban: 2 hostages to be released First Khmer Rouge leader charged Jul.30  Afghanistan  Taliban resumes talks on hostages Jul.29  Afghanistan  Taliban: Hostages will die Monday Jul.26  Afghanistan  S Korean hostage pleads for help Jul.23  Afghanistan  Deadline looms for hostages Jul.22  Afghanistan  Taliban extend deadline for hostages Jul.21   Afghanistan   Taliban: 2 German hostages killed  The Afghan Foreign Ministry said one is still alive and the other died of a heart attack Jul.20   Afghanistan   Taliban threaten abducted South Koreans  The militants threatened to kill a group of abducted Christians within 24 hours unless S. Korea withdraws its troops from Afghanistan Jul.9  Nigeria  Girl recovers after kidnap Jul.8  Nigeria  Kidnappers free UK girl Jul.5   Colombia Colombians hold kidnap protests  Nigeria  'Threat to kill' missing UK girl   Nigeria Three-year-old seized Jul.4   Jerusalem BBC man: I felt buried alive 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.    TV pictures showed Johnston, 45, leaving a building and entering a car, acc...
Afghan police hit by suicide bomb, 35 killed Jun.1   Gaza Video released of BBC's Johnston May.29   Baghdad Five Britons seized   4 bodyguards and a finance expert have been kidnapped from Iraq's finance ministry. The kidnappers wore police uniforms May.18  Colombia  President vows to free Betancourt May.8  Nigeria  4 Americans seized Apr.29  Ethiopia  Rebels release 7 Chinese hostages Apr.20  Texas  Gunman kills hostage at Nasa base Mar.28  Manila  Hostage-taker releases children, teachers Mar.27   Manila Gunmen seize bus Woolmer was strangled, police say Mar.14  Afghanistan  Taliban hostage makes video appeal Mar.13  Eritrea  European hostages freed Mar.10  Iraq  Kidnapping in Iraq aimed at Germans Mar.6  Ethiopia  Kidnapped Britons' vehicles found Feb.8  Nigeria  Militants hold more hostages Jan.12   USA Missing teens discovered alive Map of KIRKWOOD Missouri USA  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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Dec.14  Baghdad  Gunmen in uniforms kidnap 20-30 Nov.19  Baghdad  Iraq's deputy health minister kidnapped Nov.14  Baghdad  Most hostages freed after kidnapping   Baghdad Gunmen grab up to 100 from institute   The minister of higher education ordered universities closed until security improves Oct.24  Baghdad  Masked men abducted U.S. soldier Oct.4  Baghdad  Iraq police brigade aided abuctors Aug.27  Gaza  Kidnapped Fox journalists released 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   Gaza Abduction claim of Fox News journalists Jul.12   Southern Lebanon   Hezbollah kidnapping prompts Israeli move
  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 Hezbollah moving the soldiers. Israeli cabinet endorsed a strong response against the militants
200 killed in train blasts Jul.3  Gaza  Militants' deadline expires Jun.25   Iraq Al Qaeda group killed 4 Russian hostages  The statement, video on a Web site: the Mujahedeen Shura Council had beheaded 3 of the men and shot 1 to death Jun.17   Baghdad Insurgents captured U.S. soldiers  Iraqi witnesses say they saw 2 U.S. soldiers being led away by masked insurgents to a pair of cars May.16  Baghdad  UAE diplomat kidnapped Mar.30  Iraq  Journalist Carroll freed Milosevic found dead in cell Mar.10   Iraq FBI: Body of U.S. hostage found  The body of Tom Fox, a Christian peace advocate, has been found Feb.9   Kuwait Abducted journalist makes new plea on TV Jan.28   Iraq Captors: Last chance for demand Jan.17  Baghdad  Journalist's kidnappers make demands Jan.1  Gaza  Italian hostages freed in Gaza, Yemen

year 2005 Top ^

Dec.30  Gaza  British hostages freed, say Palestinians Nov.29   Iraq Video airs of purported hostages  Al-Jazeera broadcast a video issued by an unknown group showing what it claimed were 4 hostages Boys' electrocution starts riots Jul.21  Baghdad  Algerian diplomats kidnapped Jul.3  Baghdad  Egypt ambassador to Iraq kidnapped Jun.9   Kabul Italy hostage released in Kabul May.22  Iraq  Romanian journalists freed Apr.10  Pakistan  Pakistan appeals for envoy's release Huge blast kills ex-PM Jan.17  Northern Iraq  Catholic archbishop kidnapped in Mosul

year 2004 Top ^

Oct.28  Kabul  Foreign poll staff held in Kabul Oct.19   Iraq Agency halts aid projects after kidnap Sep.29  Iraq  Hostage Bigley shown in new video Sep.28   Iraq Italians freed, Frenchmen to be released Sep.27   Iraq Kidnapped Iranian diplomat freed Sep.24   Baghdad Six Egyptians taken Sep.22  Iraq  British hostage pleads for life on video Sep.16  Baghdad  2 Americans, Briton kidnapped Car bomb at police station kills 47 350 dead after troops storm school Sep.2  North Caucasus  School siege: '26 freed' Sep.1   North Caucasus Standoff school siege Aug.8  Iraq  Iranian consul abducted Jul.23   Iraq Militants take Egyptian diplomat hostage Jun.26  Iraq  3 Turks 'face beheading' Jun.15  Saudi Arabia  Kidnapped American threatened in video May.29   Saudi Arabia 50 foreigners held hostage Iraq prison abuse sparks outrage Apr.12  Iraq  Russian hostages seized Apr.8   Iraq Japanese, Koreans taken hostage Rail blasts: 200 dead

year 2003 Top ^

Aug.18  Mali  14 European hostages released May.14  Algeria  17 Sahara tourist hostages freed Mar.12  Utah  Elizabeth Smart found alive Feb.22  Colombia  FARC rebels 'hold Americans'

year 2002 Top ^

183 people dead after bomb blasts Aug.20  Berlin  Hostages at Iraqi embassy

year 2001 Top ^

Terror attacks hit U.S.

year 2000 Top ^

Apr.23  Washington  Elian reunited with father