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US Travellers Alerted: Dating Apps Linked To Kidnappings In Mexico's Tourist Hotspots
The US State Department warns Americans in Mexico about kidnappers exploiting dating apps to abduct tourists for ransom.
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US Travellers Warned Not To Use Dating Apps After Kidnapping Of Americans In Mexico
The US Consulate advised extreme caution when meeting someone from a dating app in Mexico, recommending familiarity with local travel guidelines.
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5 Facts About Terry Anderson, Journalist Who Was Held Captive In Lebanon
Terry Anderson, an American reporter once kidnapped by extremists in Lebanon back in 1985, and kept captive for seven years, died at the age of 76 on Sunday.
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US YouTuber YourFellowArab Kidnapped In Haiti While Trying To Interview Gang Leader
American YouTuber Addison Pierre Maalouf, popularly known as YourFellowArab or Arab, has allegedly been kidnapped in Haiti by one of the gangs that become its de facto rulers.
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US Comedian Kidnapped And Killed In Colombia After Going On A Date With A Woman
His body was found in the waters of the La Corcovado ravine with multiple stab wounds and blunt-force trauma.
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US Nurse, Child Kidnapped In Haiti Freed After 2 Weeks
An American nurse and her child kidnapped in Haiti have been freed after nearly two weeks in captivity, her employer said Wednesday.
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Mexican Drug Cartel Apologises For Attack On Americans: Report
The drug cartel also handed over five purported henchmen as a would-be apology for the kidnapping of four Americans in Mexico, reports said.
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2 Americans Dead After Being 'Accidentally' Kidnapped By Mexican Drug Mafia
Mexican authorities said they had arrested a suspect who was guarding the abductees at a house in Matamoros.
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Suspect In Murders Of Indian-Origin Family In US Arrested
The suspect in the kidnapping and murders of four Indian-origin family members in California, including a baby, was arrested late Thursday. Jesus Manuel Salgado was arrested on four counts of murder and four counts of kidnapping.
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US Woman Dials Parents Home, Says She's Kidnapped In India. Then A Twist.
An American woman faked her own kidnapping in India to "emotionally blackmail" her parents in the US, the police said. The Delhi Police solved the case within 24 hours of its registration.
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Two Of 17 North American Hostages, Kidnapped In Haiti, Released
Two of the 17 North Americans who were kidnapped by a Haitian gang in mid-October have been freed, the church that they were affiliated with said Sunday, reporting that they were "in good spirits."
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Haiti Gang Leader Threatens To Kill Abducted Missionaries In Video Online
A Haitian man asserting that he represents a gang that kidnapped a group of American and Canadian missionaries said in a video posted on YouTube on Thursday that he is willing to kill "these Americans" if he does not get what he needs.
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Haiti Gang Seeks $17 Million For Releasing Kidnapped US Missionaries
A Haitian gang that kidnapped a group of American and Canadian missionaries is asking for $17 million -- or $1 million each -- to release them, according to a top Haitian official.
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17 US Missionaries, Family Members Kidnapped In Haiti: Report
As many as 17 American Christian missionaries and their families, including children, were kidnapped on Saturday by gang members in Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince, the New York Times reported, citing security officials there.
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Ex-Taliban Commander Pleads Not Guilty To Killing 3 US Soldiers In 2008
A former Taliban commander previously accused of kidnapping an American journalist pleaded not guilty on Friday to murdering three U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan in 2008, telling a federal judge that the "accusations are incorrect."
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US Travellers Alerted: Dating Apps Linked To Kidnappings In Mexico's Tourist Hotspots
The US State Department warns Americans in Mexico about kidnappers exploiting dating apps to abduct tourists for ransom.
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US Travellers Warned Not To Use Dating Apps After Kidnapping Of Americans In Mexico
The US Consulate advised extreme caution when meeting someone from a dating app in Mexico, recommending familiarity with local travel guidelines.
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5 Facts About Terry Anderson, Journalist Who Was Held Captive In Lebanon
Terry Anderson, an American reporter once kidnapped by extremists in Lebanon back in 1985, and kept captive for seven years, died at the age of 76 on Sunday.
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US YouTuber YourFellowArab Kidnapped In Haiti While Trying To Interview Gang Leader
American YouTuber Addison Pierre Maalouf, popularly known as YourFellowArab or Arab, has allegedly been kidnapped in Haiti by one of the gangs that become its de facto rulers.
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US Comedian Kidnapped And Killed In Colombia After Going On A Date With A Woman
His body was found in the waters of the La Corcovado ravine with multiple stab wounds and blunt-force trauma.
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US Nurse, Child Kidnapped In Haiti Freed After 2 Weeks
An American nurse and her child kidnapped in Haiti have been freed after nearly two weeks in captivity, her employer said Wednesday.
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Mexican Drug Cartel Apologises For Attack On Americans: Report
The drug cartel also handed over five purported henchmen as a would-be apology for the kidnapping of four Americans in Mexico, reports said.
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2 Americans Dead After Being 'Accidentally' Kidnapped By Mexican Drug Mafia
Mexican authorities said they had arrested a suspect who was guarding the abductees at a house in Matamoros.
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Suspect In Murders Of Indian-Origin Family In US Arrested
The suspect in the kidnapping and murders of four Indian-origin family members in California, including a baby, was arrested late Thursday. Jesus Manuel Salgado was arrested on four counts of murder and four counts of kidnapping.
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US Woman Dials Parents Home, Says She's Kidnapped In India. Then A Twist.
An American woman faked her own kidnapping in India to "emotionally blackmail" her parents in the US, the police said. The Delhi Police solved the case within 24 hours of its registration.
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Two Of 17 North American Hostages, Kidnapped In Haiti, Released
Two of the 17 North Americans who were kidnapped by a Haitian gang in mid-October have been freed, the church that they were affiliated with said Sunday, reporting that they were "in good spirits."
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Haiti Gang Leader Threatens To Kill Abducted Missionaries In Video Online
A Haitian man asserting that he represents a gang that kidnapped a group of American and Canadian missionaries said in a video posted on YouTube on Thursday that he is willing to kill "these Americans" if he does not get what he needs.
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Haiti Gang Seeks $17 Million For Releasing Kidnapped US Missionaries
A Haitian gang that kidnapped a group of American and Canadian missionaries is asking for $17 million -- or $1 million each -- to release them, according to a top Haitian official.
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17 US Missionaries, Family Members Kidnapped In Haiti: Report
As many as 17 American Christian missionaries and their families, including children, were kidnapped on Saturday by gang members in Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince, the New York Times reported, citing security officials there.
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Ex-Taliban Commander Pleads Not Guilty To Killing 3 US Soldiers In 2008
A former Taliban commander previously accused of kidnapping an American journalist pleaded not guilty on Friday to murdering three U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan in 2008, telling a federal judge that the "accusations are incorrect."
