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  • August 2008

    • Journalist's Suspected Kidnapper Nabbed in Iraq

      CNN  |  Aug 25, 08 4:20 AM CDT

      Journalist's Suspected Kidnapper Nabbed in Iraq

      (Newser) - The suspected mastermind behind the 2006 abduction of US journalist Jill Carroll and a cohort have been captured by US-led military forces, CNN reports. The pair, nabbed in Baghdad, are suspected of planning numerous kidnappings and suicide bombings in the country. Their capture leaves “few remaining experienced leaders” in the Iraq al-Qaeda network, said a military statement. Carroll, a freelance reporter for the Christian Science Monitor , was released unharmed. More »

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      Baghdad  • al-Qaeda in Iraq  • abduction  • suspected terrorists  • coalition forces  • Jill Carroll

    • Pedophile Ring May Have Nabbed Maddy

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Aug 7, 08 12:49 PM CDT

      Pedophile Ring May Have Nabbed Maddy

      (Newser) - Madeleine McCann may have been abducted by a Belgian pedophile ring, according to recently released police files. British police sent an email to their Portuguese counterparts in March, detailing a tip they’d received from an anonymous source, the Telegraph reports. The tip said the Belgian ring had agreed to nab Maddy after someone in Portugal took a picture of the 3-year-old. More »

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      kidnapping  • Madeleine McCann  • Portugal  • Belgium  • pedophile  • abduction  • police investigation  • kidnaping

    • 'Rockefeller' Forged New Phony Life

      Boston Herald  |  Aug 4, 08 4:21 AM CDT

      'Rockefeller' Forged New Phony Life

      (Newser) - Bogus blueblood Clark Rockefeller, who went on the lam after abducting his 7-year-old daughter during a custody dispute, was creating a new identity in Baltimore when he was arrested Saturday, reports the Boston Herald . He was using the name Chip Smith or sometimes Clark Rock, and had already been building the foundations of his new life for two years, according to investigators. More »

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      crime  • FBI  • Baltimore  • custody battle  • Clark Rockefeller  • abduction  • Reigh Boss  • Boston Police Department

    • Mom Begs: Bring Snooks Home

      New York Daily News  |  Aug 1, 08 4:17 AM CDT

      Mom Begs: Bring Snooks Home

      (Newser) - The ex-wife of fugitive millionaire Clark Rockefeller, the man on the run with their 7-year-old daughter, has videotaped an emotional appeal for the child's return. "Please, please bring Snooks back. There has to be a better way for us to solve our differences," pleads Sandra Boss, using the couple's nickname for their daughter, Reigh. More »

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      crime  • divorce  • Boston  • Clark Rockefeller  • appeal  • abduction  • Reigh Boss  • Sandra Boss

  • July 2008
  • June 2008
  • November 2007

    • McCann Friend Says She Saw Maddy Abducted

      BBC  |  Nov 16, 07 3:30 PM CST

      McCann Friend Says She Saw Maddy Abducted

      (Newser) - A close friend of the McCann family says she saw a man carrying Madeleine McCann from the Portuguese resort where they were staying, the BBC reports. "I think it's important that people know what I saw because I believe Madeleine was abducted," said Jane Tanner, who agreed to an interview after being labeled "a liar and a fantasist." More »

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      kidnapping  • Madeleine McCann  • Portugal  • Kate McCann  • abduction

  • September 2007
  • July 2007

    • Nigerian Kidnappers Free Toddler

      BBC  |  Jul 8, 07 7:45 PM CDT

      Nigerian Kidnappers Free Toddler

      (Newser) - Four days after her terrifying abduction, a 3-year-old girl is back with her parents in southern Nigeria, "covered in mosquito bites" but otherwise OK, her father tells the BBC. Margaret Hill, who was snatched from a car at gunpoint on her way to school Thursday, was freed today and was not ransomed, the Times of London reports. More »

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      kidnapping  • Nigeria  • abduction  • Niger Delta  • Port Harcourt  • Margaret Hill

    • UK Toddler Kidnapped in Nigeria

      BBC  |  Jul 5, 07 7:06 AM CDT

      UK Toddler Kidnapped in Nigeria

      (Newser) - A three-year-old British girl was kidnapped by gunmen in the Niger Delta today. The abduction comes after five oil workers were kidnapped yesterday. Militant groups who want a larger share of Nigeria's oil profits to go to the poor have taken more than 100 foreign hostages this year, the BBC reports. More »

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      oil  • kidnapping  • hostage  • Nigeria  • abduction  • Niger Delta  • MEND

  • June 2007

    • Police Arrest Two in Case of Missing Maddy

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jun 29, 07 4:53 AM CDT

      Police Arrest Two in Case of Missing Maddy

      (Newser) - Police in Spain have arrested two people in an extortion plot connected to the disappearance of British tot Madeleine McCann. The pair, one of them an Italian man wanted in France for child abuse, were arrested near Gibraltar after trying to blackmail the McCann family, the Guardian reports. The four-year-old was abducted 56 days ago on a family vacation in Portugal.  More »

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      kidnapping  • Madeleine McCann  • disappearance  • abduction  • extortion  • blackmail  • Algarve

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