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2023
California
Kidnapped teenager rescued when she signalled passersby with handwritten 'Help Me!' sign
21 Jul 2023
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Two French soldiers killed in operation to free four hostages in Burkina Faso
10 May 2019
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Venezuela
National Assembly deputy 'kidnapped' by Maduro regime, says Venezuela's opposition leader
9 May 2019
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jayme closs
Kidnapping suspect 'kept teenager under bed for nearly three months' after shooting her parents
15 Jan 2019
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bamenda
90 students kidnapped by gunmen in Cameroon have been freed
7 Nov 2018
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North American family freed from Taliban captivity after 'Kafkaesque nightmare'
12 Oct 2017
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29
Don Nichols
'Mountain man' released on parole 32 years after kidnapping world-class athlete
24 Aug 2017
27.3k
17
Central Criminal Court
Westmeath man who kidnapped his ex-partner handed 7-year jail term
30 May 2017
12.8k
1
nicosia
Cyprus police make arrests in hunt for kidnapped girl
28 Apr 2017
14.4k
7
Qatar
26 members of hunting party kidnapped in Iraq in 2015 freed
21 Apr 2017
16.7k
19
Brazil
Bernie Ecclestone's mother-in-law rescued from kidnappers after week in captivity
1 Aug 2016
41.2k
41
Snatched
F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone's mother-in-law 'kidnapped and held for €33 million'
26 Jul 2016
56.1k
61
alan pulido
Olympiakos footballer rescued after being kidnapped in Mexico
30 May 2016
22.0k
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Boko Haram
Questions raised about Nigerian woman after claim she was among 219 kidnapped girls
20 May 2016
26.5k
17
kidnapped
North Korea wants the South to prove it didn't kidnap 12 women
22 Apr 2016
8.8k
11
Nigeria
Two years on, video appears to show schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram
14 Apr 2016
21.8k
14
Philadelphia
Seven-week-old baby kidnapped from shopping centre as his mam took a phone call
1 Apr 2016
29.5k
13
Jumpei Yasuda
Video of journalist missing in Syria emerges as kidnappers look for ransom
17 Mar 2016
11.4k
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"She's not well. It's very difficult for her to face him" - trial begins of 'Sweden's Fritzl'
25 Jan 2016
46.0k
Baghdad
Group of American civilians kidnapped in Iraq
18 Jan 2016
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13
Voices
I learned how to write in the dirt as a child soldier - now I'm an aid worker in the same conflict
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19 Aug 2015
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Melbourne
Rapist who carved a cross into victim's forehead jailed for 17 years
25 May 2015
23.6k
15
together again
Baby kidnapped days after birth reunited with parents 17 years later
27 Feb 2015
55.2k
20
Rescue
US journalist and South African teacher killed in Yemen during rescue operation
6 Dec 2014
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58
Maria Jose Alvarado
Honduran beauty queen and sister found dead
19 Nov 2014
37.0k
36
Crime
Three women taken at gunpoint during 'tiger kidnapping' in Dublin
25 Sep 2014
48.6k
58
Syria
'Great escape' Irish troops get ready to leave Golan Heights
15 Sep 2014
16.2k
46
islamic state
Mother of killed James Foley felt like "annoyance" to US government
12 Sep 2014
11.8k
39
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Interpol chase parents who took ill son from hospital
29 Aug 2014
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67
worst lie ever
Man fakes his own kidnapping to stay out partying, causes police manhunt
24 Aug 2014
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Dirty War
Grandmother finds stolen grandson after 35-year search
5 Aug 2014
32.8k
10
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Israeli soldier was 'dragged into a tunnel' by Gaza militants, says IDF
1 Aug 2014
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210
segundo tevez
Carlos Tevez' father released unharmed after being held captive for eight hours
29 Jul 2014
7.2k
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West Bank
Israel blames Hamas for teens' kidnapping as massive search enters third day
15 Jun 2014
7.4k
131
Abduction
Student uses psychology skills to convince kidnapper to set her free
11 Jun 2014
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16
thousands killed
Boko Haram kidnap 20 women close to where 300 schoolgirls were abducted in April
10 Jun 2014
5.5k
12
Homecoming
US town cancels celebration for soldier captured by the Taliban over safety fears
5 Jun 2014
14.0k
33
Hostages
Nigerian authorities 'furious' parents of four girls failed to say children had safely returned
29 May 2014
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23
Boko Haram
US says no one else is helping find abducted girls in Nigeria - despite help from Britain, France, Israel
23 May 2014
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Support
US sends 80 extra troops to Chad to help in search for missing schoolgirls
21 May 2014
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