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Al Qaeda leader calls for kidnap of WesternersAl Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri has called on Muslims to kidnap Westerners, join Syria's rebellion and ensure Egypt implements sharia, SITE Monitoring reported, citing a two-part film posted on Islamist websites. "We are More… |
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Taliban claim kidnapping up to 25 boysPakistani Taliban on Saturday claimed responsibility for holding up to 25 boys hostage as punishment for tribesmen who supported the military in the country's troubled northwest. Pakistani officials said on Friday militants in Afghanistan More… |
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4 abducted Italian journalists freed in LibyaFour Italian journalists abducted in Libya were freed unharmed on Thursday, the Italian foreign ministry said. They were seized on Wednesday morning by armed men who killed their driver and then held them in an apartment in Tripoli. More… |
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US citizen kidnapped in PakistanAn American citizen was kidnapped from his residence in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore on Saturday, police said. The man, who the US embassy declined to identify, works for the consulting firm J.E. Austin Associates Inc., and was worki More… |
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Somali gunmen kidnap two Italian nunsHeavily-armed Somali gunmen kidnapped two Italian nuns on Monday in a pre-dawn raid on a remote Kenyan border town, witnesses said. Somalia is one of the world's most dangerous countries for aid workers, who are often abducted or killed in More… |
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Kidnappers, tourists located says SudanA group of kidnappers and the 19 hostages they seized in Egypt last week have been located in Sudan but there are no plans for a rescue attempt that could endanger them, a Sudanese official said. Masked kidnappers snatched the hostages -- More… |
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Kidnappers threaten to kill touristsThe kidnappers who seized 19 hostages including European tourists in a remote desert area of Egypt have threatened to kill them if attempts are made to find them by plane, an Egyptian official said The official, who spoke on condition of a More… |
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15 foreign tourists kidnapped in EgyptKidnappers in Egypt have seized 15 hostages including German, Italian and Romanian tourists near the Sudanese border and talks are under way over ransom demands, Egyptian officials said on Monday. The kidnapping was the first of foreign to More… |
