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Kidnappings in Mexico Send Shivers Across Border

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A string of kidnappings targeting people with family in the United States has caused many people to flee Mexico.


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Niger Rebels Say They Kidnapped U.N. Envoy

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A splinter faction of an insurgent group claimed on Tuesday that it had abducted a Canadian diplomat serving as the United Nations envoy to the country.


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Kidnapping Negotiator Is Now a Victim in Mexico

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An American security consultant who has helped negotiate the release of scores of kidnap victims in Latin America was himself kidnapped last week in northern Mexico.


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Imaginary Kidnappings

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Kidnappings are a daily occurrence in Mexico. So when a resident of Monterrey or Puebla receives a phone call with news that his son or daughter has been snatched, he has every reason to believe the tale -- especially if anguished screams are audible in the background. Terrified, the parent may readily obey the caller\'s instructions to wire ransom money posthaste or leave a sack of jewelry in a nearby alley. Only later will the victim realize the truth: the abduction was a sham. Such swindles, ...


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2 Western Journalists Kidnapped in Pirates’ Haven in Somalia

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A British reporter and Spanish photographer were kidnapped on Wednesday in northern Somalia while researching Somalia’s rampant piracy trade.


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An Iranian Diplomat Is Abducted by Gunmen in Pakistan

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The kidnapping of the diplomat in the city of Peshawar in Pakistan’s northwest occurred a day after the assassination of an American aid official there.


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