ARTICLES RELATING TO ABDUCTIONS

New leads in Madeleine McCann case

2013-05-17 20:57

British police say they had identified people they want to question about the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, the 3-year-old who went missing in Portugal six years ago.

Nigeria extremists admit to kidnappings

2013-05-13 21:47

The leader of an Islamic extremist group in Nigeria says his group has started kidnapping women and children, as part of its bloody guerrilla campaign against the country's government.

Afghan Taliban to release Turkish hostages

2013-05-13 14:12

The Afghan Taliban will soon release the remaining four of eight Turkish civilians the group captured last month in a gesture of goodwill towards fellow Muslims, the militants say.

Ariel Castro's ex-relatives describe abuse

2013-05-10 09:02

A man accused of keeping three women captive in his home for about a decade and raping them had terrorised his wife years earlier, beating her and locking her indoors, her relatives say.

Horror details of Cleveland kidnappings

2013-05-09 22:23

A baby delivered on Christmas Day by a captive under threat of death, multiple miscarriages, repeated rapes and savage beatings - all over a decade within the walls of a Cleveland house.

3 al-Qaeda hostages freed in Yemen

2013-05-09 21:08

A Finnish couple and an Austrian student abducted in Yemen by al-Qaeda militants more than four months ago, have been freed and handed over to Omani authorities.

Bond set at $8m in Cleveland kidnappings

2013-05-09 15:29

A man has appeared in court on charges of rape and kidnapping after three women missing for about a decade were found alive at his home in the Midwestern US state of Ohio.

Emotional homecoming for kidnap victims

2013-05-09 08:16

Two of the three young American women who were rescued this week after a decade spent imprisoned and tormented in a kidnapper's house have made an emotional return to their families.

US kidnapping suspect a Jekyll-and-Hyde figure

2013-05-08 22:03

Ariel Castro, the prime suspect in the Cleveland kidnappings, has emerged as a Jekyll-and-Hyde figure, a musician who tinkered with cars, but also allegedly beat his ex-wife and children.

Chains, ropes in US kidnap house: Police

2013-05-08 15:42

US police investigating the decade-long kidnap of three Ohio women found ropes and chains in the house where they were held, says Cleveland's police chief.

Police to question triple kidnap suspects

2013-05-08 09:16

Cleveland police say they plan to interview the suspects in the case of three women who were discovered in a home after being missing for around a decade.

Freed US women give hope to SA families

2013-05-07 22:41

With the discovery of three women who had been missing for a decade in the US, hope remains alive for families of missing people in South Africa, Missing Children South Africa says.

Dugard: Give Cleveland 3 time to heal

2013-05-07 22:08

Kidnapping survivor Jaycee Dugard says the women who went missing about a decade ago and were found at a Cleveland home, need a chance to heal and reconnect with the world.

Police to move slowly in Cleveland case

2013-05-07 18:30

Cleveland police say it will take days for the facts to emerge of how three women, two of whom had been held captive for over a decade, were kidnapped and how they were held.

No complaints over Cleveland house of horror

2013-05-07 16:05

Cleveland officials say there are no records of complaints about the house where 3 kidnapped women were kept for over a decade.

Natascha Kampusch: Scarred kidnap survivor

2013-05-07 13:01

The first words of the young Austrian woman who emerged in 2006 after eight years held captive were eerily similar to those of Amanda Berry when she called police in Ohio.

US: 3 missing women found after 10 years

2013-05-07 08:08

Three women who went missing separately about a decade ago, had been tied up and held in a Cleveland home before being found, and three brothers have been arrested, police say.

Afghan Taliban 'probing' foreign captives

2013-04-24 17:39

The Afghan Taliban says they are investigating the backgrounds of a group of foreigners seized three days ago, but that the captives are being treated "humanely".

French family home after hostage ordeal

2013-04-20 08:22

French President Francois Hollande has welcomed a family of seven back to France as they flew into Paris after two months in the hands of Nigeria's Islamist militants.

Cameroon says French hostages freed

2013-04-19 10:22

A French family of seven including four children kidnapped in north Cameroon and taken to Nigeria by suspected Boko Haram militants have been released, an official says.

US: Kidnapping parents to face judge

2013-04-11 14:00

The Florida parents charged with kidnapping their boys from their grandparents and sailing to Cuba are expected to face a judge for the first time since they were returned from the island.

Second hostage freed in Afghanistan

2013-04-08 20:48

A second French hostage has been released in Afghanistan, just hours after it was announced that a French photographer had been freed in the war-torn country.

Kidnapped Briton freed in Nigeria

2013-03-28 13:12

A Briton abducted last week in Nigeria’s economic capital Lagos has been released in an incident believed to be a ransom kidnapping, police and the British government say.

Call for justice after hostage freed

2013-03-25 11:02

The relatives of an Australian man held hostage for 15 months by Islamic militants in remote islands of the southern Philippines have called for his captors to be brought to justice.

Nigeria: French hostages in new video

2013-03-19 07:56

A video has surfaced showing a man who appears to be a French hostage held by Islamic extremists with six other family members kidnapped in February in Northern Cameroon.

 

Golan peacekeepers suffer third abduction

2013-05-17 10:00

Syrian rebels have seized three UN peacekeepers in the Golan Heights in the third abduction in two months in the ceasefire zone between Syria and Israel, says the UN.

Rot in jail: US kidnap suspect's brothers

2013-05-13 19:01

The brothers of the US man charged with kidnapping and raping three women, locking them in his home for a decade, say they hope he "rots" in jail.

Tests confirm Castro is captive girl's dad

2013-05-10 18:15

The attorney general in the Midwestern US state of Ohio says tests have confirmed that alleged kidnapper Ariel Castro is the father of a 6-year-old girl rescued from his house with three women.

Cleveland 'kidnapper' could face execution

2013-05-10 08:15

A prosecutor says he may seek the death penalty for forced miscarriages in the case of a man suspected of raping and kidnapping three women who vanished for about a decade.

US kidnap suspect's daughter speaks out

2013-05-09 21:08

The daughter of US kidnapping and rape suspect, Ariel Castro, says she's embarrassed and devastated by her father's alleged actions.

I'm a sexual predator - Castro letter

2013-05-09 15:30

A letter has surfaced in which triple kidnap suspect Ariel Castro reportedly admits to being a sexual predator who "needs help". The letter is said to have been written in 2004.

Kidnap victims delivered baby in pool

2013-05-09 09:12

The longest held of the Cleveland kidnap victims says she helped deliver Amanda Berry's now 6-year-old child, with their kidnapper standing over them and threatening to kill them if the baby died.

Man jailed for attempting to abduct girl

2013-05-08 22:05

Mohammed Adams has been sentenced to five years imprisonment by the Roodepoort Magistrate's Court for trying to abduct a Florida pupil in 2011, the National Prosecuting Authority says.

Kidnap victim Berry back at family home

2013-05-08 18:59

US kidnap victim Amanda Berry has arrived at her sister's house for an emotional reunion with her family a decade after she became one of three local women to be kidnapped.

Suspect helped look for missing US women

2013-05-08 15:04

The suspect in the case of three women who were rescued this week, 10 years after they went missing, had been active in neighbourhood searches and vigils for the girls, neighbours say.

Cleveland 3: Neighbours blame police

2013-05-08 08:16

Neighbours say they had twice called police to the Cleveland house where three women were being held, once when a child saw a naked woman crawling on her hands and knees in the backyard.

4 UN officials abducted in Golan Heights

2013-05-07 22:08

An armed group has abducted four UN peacekeepers from the Philippines in the Golan Heights, which has been hit by a mounting spill over from the Syrian civil war, the United Nations says.

Past abduction cases

2013-05-07 20:02

The discovery of three women in a Cleveland home who all had gone missing separately about a decade ago, brings to mind cases of abductions elsewhere. Here is a list of some prominent cases:

Freed US women reunited with families

2013-05-07 17:08

The three young women held captive in a Cleveland house for as long as a decade have been reunited with their families, a report says.

Questions as decade old US kidnapping ends

2013-05-07 15:01

Spellbound by a horrible story with a happy ending, Americans are awaiting details on the ordeal of three women who went missing around a decade ago and suddenly escaped from their abductor.

Screams to neighbour helped free US women

2013-05-07 10:00

Two US women who disappeared as teenagers and a third who was 20 when abducted, have been rescued after one of them escaped with the help of a neighbour who heard her screams.

Baby snatched from Joburg hair salon

2013-05-02 15:55

A 1-year-old baby boy has been kidnapped from his mother at a beauty salon in Johannesburg, Gauteng police say.

Syrian bishops in hands of 'Chechens'

2013-04-23 19:20

The kidnappers of two Orthodox bishops seized in northern Syria are Chechen fighters, say sources in the Syriac and Greek Orthodox dioceses in Aleppo.

At least 7 French hostages held in Africa

2013-04-19 14:13

At least seven French citizens are still held hostage in Africa after the release of seven members of a French family who were kidnapped in Cameroon in February.

Kampusch's kidnapper acted alone - probe

2013-04-15 17:25

The man who kidnapped Austrian Natascha Kampusch, in a case that made headlines worldwide in 2006, had acted alone, a new international probe has revealed.

600 000 forced labourers in Mideast

2013-04-09 21:04

An estimated 600 000 people have been "tricked and trapped" into forced employment in the Middle East, many of them also sexually exploited, the UN's labour agency says.

Canadian held before Algeria attack – report

2013-04-04 07:43

A Canadian close to two countrymen implicated in an attack on a gas plant in Algeria that left dozens dead was detained in North Africa before the assault, a report says.

Egyptian kidnappers release tourists

2013-03-26 12:57

Kidnappers have released a Norwegian woman and an Israeli man held in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, security sources say.

Daniel Pearl's family hail Pakistan arrest

2013-03-19 12:16

The family of slain US journalist Daniel Pearl has welcomed the arrest in Pakistan of a former leader of a banned militant outfit allegedly involved in his 2002 murder.

Russian man takes hostages for pizza

2013-03-14 22:37

A man in southern Russia has taken four people hostage for several hours in a bizarre abduction where his only demand was a takeaway pizza and a fizzy drink.

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