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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Chained, blindfolded and imprisoned in a tiny hole in a remote mountain area - that was Mellissa Fung's world for the month she spent in the hands of kidnappers in Afghanistan.

Jose Luis Torres-Pais-Paez and Marcelino Ramirez-Velasquez By Ray Stern The Guatemalan woman had worked in the United States illegally in the past. Her four-year-old son was born here, but she took...

Lucknow, Nov 4 (IANS) The police Tuesday rescued a boy abducted from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh and arrested two kidnappers, official said here.According to the police, Saurabh, 16, was kidnapped from the Ramnagar locality of Varanasi Monday while he was returning from school.

Vienna, Oct 31 (DPA) Two Austrians kidnapped by a terrorist group in Tunisia in February were freed Thursday night in Mali, Austria’s foreign ministry announced Friday.Wolfgang Ebner, 51, and Andrea Kloiber, 43, were on holiday in the Sahara desert when they were taken hostage allegedly by the terrorist organisation Al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb.

Kidnapping activities seem like a game of forever. I wonder when will this end."Abu Sayyaf kidnappers released before dawn Thursday one of two abducted humanitarian workers after ransom was paid, ending her 45-day ordeal on the island-province of Basilan." read more

A senior reporter of a mainstream English daily of Pakistan -- The News, Javed Afridi escaped from captivity of the kidnappers Saturday and reached home safe and sound. Armed men had kidnapped him near Zangli... read more

New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) Three men allegedly kidnapped a trader from outside the Narela grain market in outer Delhi Saturday, police said. The incident took place at around 8.30 a.m. Surender Murthal, a resident of Murthal in Sonepat in Haryana, had come to the grain market when three people forcibly

Obviously, this place is not safe for people. I don't get what they mean by this. I usually read signage "Beware of dogs". As it is written above the sign, "baby changing station", may be it means that beware of people who are kidnappers or something. Will please help me figure this out? .

Somali kidnappers are threatening to kill Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout and an Australian photographer if a $2.5-million ransom is not paid in 15 days.