Kidnapping
Taiwan activist says did forced labour in China but not tortured
TAIPEI (Reuters) - A Taiwanese activist jailed in China said on Tuesday that he was subjected to forced labour and...
Read moreGroup including Turkish missionaries kidnapped in Haiti -media
(Reuters) -A group of people including at least eight Turkish missionaries has been kidnapped in Haiti after traveling by bus...
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Brazil police cast doubt on reported rape and death of Yanomami teenager
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian federal police said on Friday it was still investigating the alleged rape and death of a...
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Pope gave green light to secret deal to free kidnapped nun, court told
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis approved a secret million-euro operation to free a Colombian nun who was...
Read moreDominican diplomat freed four days after Haiti kidnap
(Reuters) - A Dominican diplomat was kidnapped in Haiti and released after four days, the Dominican Republic's foreign minister said...
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Leader of Haiti’s 400 Mawozo gang extradited to U.S.
By Gessika Thomas and Brian Ellsworth PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - The leader of Haiti's feared 400 Mawozo gang, which last year...
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Haitian families flee homes as violence flares in Port-au-Prince
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haitians in the capital Port-au-Prince fled their homes on Monday as gun battles broke out between rival...
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Nigeria train kidnappers using victims as human shields -president
ABUJA (Reuters) - Armed gangs who kidnapped dozens of passengers in an attack on a train in northern Nigeria are...
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Nigerian Senate outlaws ransom payments, sets death penalty for abductions
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's Senate on Wednesday passed a bill imposing jail terms of at least 15 years for paying...
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Brazil indigenous agency monitoring reported rape of Yanomami by miners
BRASILIA (Reuters) - The Brazilian government's indigenous affairs agency Funai said on Wednesday that it is looking into a report...
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In northern Mexico, authorities search for missing women amid spate of disappearances
By Laura Gottesdiener MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - More than two dozen women and girls have disappeared so far this year...
Read moreGunmen attack kills at least 50 in Nigeria’s Plateau state
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - At least 50 people were killed and dozens abducted by gunmen in Nigeria's Plateau state, residents...
Read moreSwiss vaccination panel chief says he was kidnap victim
ZURICH (Reuters) - The head of Switzerland's vaccination advisory commission has identified himself as the victim of a brief kidnapping...
Read moreGunmen kill 15 Nigerian soldiers in attack on base, sources say
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Gunmen killed 15 Nigerian soldiers and wounded more than a dozen others during an attack on...
Read moreAmerican nun, 83, kidnapped by armed men in northern Burkina Faso
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) -Armed men have kidnapped an 83-year-old American nun in northern Burkina Faso, the bishop of the local diocese...
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Colombian man pleads not guilty to conspiring to kill Haiti’s Moise
By Brian Ellsworth MIAMI (Reuters) - A former Colombian soldier pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges by U.S. prosecutors...
Read moreAfter Nigeria train attack, families contacted over ransom
KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Suspected bandits have contacted some Nigerian families to say they are holding relatives who went missing...
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Loud blast, gunshots as suspected bandits attack Nigerian train
By Garba Muhammad KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) -Aminu Sani was travelling by rail to see his newborn baby in the northern...
Read moreSuspected bandits attack Nigerian passenger train
KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Suspected bandits attacked a passenger train headed to the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna from Abuja,...
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Dubai ruler’s ex-wife gets custody of children after ‘exorbitant’ domestic abuse
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -Dubai's ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, inflicted "exorbitant" domestic abuse against his ex-wife, a...
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