The body of a Chinese worker who fled a camp in Sudan when rebels attacked has been found, says China, while 29 kidnapped workers are still missing.
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China worker found dead in Sudan
Two US women tourists and their Egyptian guide who were kidnapped in the south of Egypt’s Sinai peninsula have been released, security sources say.
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Sinai gunmen release US tourists
American commandos staged a daring raid in Somalia on Wednesday morning, rescuing two hostages, including an American woman, who had been kidnapped by pirates and held for months.
Prominent republican Colin Duffy, who was cleared of murdering two soldiers in Antrim, says his DNA was planted in the getaway car.
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Duffy says ‘DNA planted’ in car
Blood found on the clothes of a man accused of raping and murdering a pregnant teenager matched the victim’s DNA, a jury is told.
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Victim DNA ‘on accused’s clothes’
Iran’s foreign minister acknowledges the US Navy rescue of kidnapped Iranian fishermen as a “humanitarian act” which would not affect overall relations.
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Iran acknowledges US Navy rescue
Iran’s foreign minister acknowledges the US Navy rescue of kidnapped Iranian fishermen as a “humanitarian act” which would not affect overall relations.
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Iran acknowledges US Navy rescue
Kidnappers holding an Australian man in the southern Philippines demand $2m (£1.3m) in ransom for his release, in a video message sent to his wife.
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Ransom sought for Australian man
The near-tie in Tuesday night’s Iowa Republican caucuses left the political world wondering: Who really won? By the numbers, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney did — claiming 30,015 votes to 30,008 for former Pennsylvania senator R ick Santorum . But, measured by the candidate who gained the most from what happened in Iowa, it’s clear that Santorum emerged victorious. Read full article > >
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NEW YORK – It’s actually a boring job for the most part, being Major League Baseball’s vice president for security. A lot of chasing after counterfeiters and licensing violators. A lot of crafting of memos and standardizing of procedure across all 30 teams. But for dramatic purposes, let’s imagine the job is always like it was the night of Nov. 9, when Bill Bordley, on the job for just 3½ weeks, got a call telling him that a Washington Nationals player, catcher Wilson Ramos , had been kidnapped at gunpoint in Venezuela . Read full article > >
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MLB’s new security chief understands danger — and baseball
Several men have thrown grenades and fired on a crowd at a bus stop in Liege , injuring about 25 people, and leaving two people dead, BBC reports . One of the perpetrators committed suicide immediately after the attack, and two others are on the loose, Belgian media reports. Emergency services are at the site. The center of Liege — a historic city one hour’s drive from Brussels and two hours from Paris — is completely closed. Read full article > >
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Liege, Belgium: Grenade and gun attack kills 2, wounds 25
WASHINGTON — The family of retired FBI agent Robert Levinson, who vanished years ago in Iran, issued a plea to his kidnappers Friday and, for the first time, released a hostage video they received from his unidentified captors. The video message released on the Levinson family’s website publicly transformed the mysterious disappearance into an international hostage standoff. Despite a lengthy investigation, however, the U.S. government has no evidence of who is holding the 63-year-old father of seven. Read full article > >
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Years after vanishing in Iran, retired FBI agent appears in hostage video: ‘Please help me’
A former Albanian intelligence chief wanted for torture and kidnapping has jumped bail and gone missing in London.
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