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‘Our presenter got kidnapped by German pornographers’ – How we made The Word

‘Police surrounded the studio one night because they thought somebody had a gun and was going to shoot Terry Christian’

The Guardian - UK

Nine health workers kidnapped in restive northwest Cameroon

Nine health workers have been kidnapped from a government-run hospital in Cameroon's restive northwest, one of two regions where armed separatists have been fighting government troops to create a breakaway state, the local mayor said on Friday.

Reuters

Vigilantes at the polls were a threat in the 19th century, too, but the laws put in place then may not work in 2022

Author Edgar Allan Poe, the 19th-century master of American macabre fiction, may have died of dirty politics. According to legend, a gang of party “poll hustlers” kidnapped and drugged him. They forced him to vote, then abandoned him near death. Details are murky, but we do know Poe died in…

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Man kidnapped, bashed in Sydney's west

A 31-year-old man has a suspected broken jaw and numerous cuts and bruises after being kidnapped and bashed in a western Sydney home.

AAP

4 kidnapped, including teen girl and baby, in California

Police have arrested two suspects who allegedly kidnapped four people, including a teenage girl and a 6-month-old baby, last week in Southern California

The Independent UK

Kidnapped French-Australian environmentalist freed in Chad, president says

A conservationist with dual French and Australian citizenship has been freed after he was taken hostage in Chad earlier this week, interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby said on Sunday.

Reuters

French-Australian veterinarian kidnapped in Chad

Jérôme Hugonot, who has dual French and Australian citizenship, is an environmentalist who manages an oryx park on behalf of the Sahara Conservation Fund.

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French-Australian environmentalist kidnapped in Chad

The conservationist, who has dual French and Australian citizenship, is an environmentalist who manages an oryx park on behalf of the Sahara Conservation Fund.

ABC News

French-Australian environmentalist kidnapped in Chad, government says

A conservationist with dual French and Australian citizenship was kidnapped by unknown individuals in Chad's northeastern Wadi Fira province on Friday, and a search and rescue mission is under way, the Chad government said on Saturday.

Reuters

Franco-Australian conservationist abducted in Chad, government says

A Franco-Australian person has been kidnapped in eastern Chad, near the Sudanese border, "by as yet unidentified individuals", the government in N'Djamena said in a statement on Saturday.

France 24

Andhra Pradesh: 11-year-old girl kidnapped and raped by unknown persons in Visakhapatnam

VISAKHPATNAM: An 11-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped and raped by unknown persons at the Seethakonda area near Visakha Valley School in the port city Visakhapatnam on Saturday afternoon. The news put the cops on their toes.

The Times of India

Kidnapped surgeon returns to Thailand

YouTuber-surgeon Dr Nopparat "Mor Song" Rattanawaraha returned to Thailand safely on Tuesday after being held captive for 25 days in Mali, West Africa.

Bangkok Post

Kidnapped YouTuber-surgeon returns to Thailand

YouTuber-surgeon Dr Nopparat "Mor Song" Rattanawaraha returned to Thailand safely on Tuesday morning after being held captive for 25 days in Mali, West Africa.

Bangkok Post

Thane: Man molests minor, gets kidnapped by her father

KALYAN: A 12-year-old girl was allegedly molested by a 24-year- old man in Kalyan. After learning about the incident, the girl's father along with some of his friends allegedly kidnapped the youth and took him to an isolated place where he was beaten up. In this connection, the police have…

The Times of India

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Duo kidnapped assistant headteacher and forced him to drive around County Durham looking for drugs

Ryan Patton, 21, and Demi Foster, 30, kidnapped the victim and made him drive them around County Durham looking for drugs

Newcastle Herald

Woman filmed being raped, kidnapped and drugged during horrific DV case

A Hamilton South man filmed himself raping an unconscious woman, bashed her and bit her on the nose before he kidnapped and drugged her so she wouldn't go to the police in what was an extreme case of domestic violence.

Reason

Brickbat: Costly Employee

A federal grand jury in Brooklyn has awarded Justin McClarin $890,000 after finding he was wrongfully arrested by the New York City Police Department. McClarin said cops planted cocaine on him and forced his girlfriend to falsely claim he kidnapped her. One of the cops named in McClarin's lawsuit, David…

WEKU

Mississippi town with Confederate monument gets Emmett Till statue

A Mississippi town with a Confederate monument plans to unveil a larger-than-life statue of Emmett Till on Friday, decades after white men kidnapped and killed the Black teenager.

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Malaysian media says Israel’s Mossad behind kidnapped Palestinian

The New Straits Times reported that a Palestinian man was abducted in a ‘snatch-and-grab’ operation in Kuala Lumpur.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Mom who faked her own kidnapping and went to Disney World is now facing fraud charges

PHILADELPHIA — A former Bucks County woman who sparked national outrage 13 years ago by falsely claiming she had been kidnapped when she had actually gone to Walt Disney World, is back in trouble with the law.

ABC News

Man kidnapped mother-in-law believing she was a 'witch' during delusional drug episode, court hears

A man who inherited hundreds of thousands of dollars started abusing drugs to the point he falsely believed his mother-in-law was a "witch" when he kidnapped and stabbed her in August 2020, a court has heard.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

20 years on, ex-abductees call for rescue of other victims

Yasushi Chimura and Hitomi Soga, who were kidnapped by North Korea in the late 1970s, called for the return of other such abductees Saturday on the 20th anniversary of five of Pyongyang's victims being repatriated to Japan, including Chimura and Soga.

Daily Mirror

Woman escapes after harrowing kidnap ordeal that saw her 'held in dog cage for 20 days'

A Chinese woman escaped after allegedly being kidnapped while on a night out in the Philippines and then held in a dog cage for 20 days with her captors demanding $200,000

The Independent UK

Faith groups curb Haiti work due to chaos, 2021 kidnapping

A year after 17 North American missionaries were kidnapped in Haiti, the agency that sent them hasn’t made a permanent return to the impoverished Caribbean nation

Daily Mirror

A Friend of the Family drama tells grim true story of paedophilia, kidnap and grooming

A Friend of the Family, available to watch now, stars Colin Hanks, Jake Lacy and Anna Paquin, and is about Jan Broberg, now a 60-year-old actress and campaigner

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