Eight hostages freed at Pakistan Army HQ: ReportOctober 10th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Eight hostages have been freed by the attackers at the Pakistan Army headquarters here Saturday, a local TV report said.
French security agent kidnapped in Somalia last month is freeAugust 26th, 2009 French agent kidnapped in Somalia is freeMOGADISHU, Somalia — A French security agent kidnapped by insurgents in Somalia last month was a free man Wednesday and under protection at the presidential palace, officials said. There were conflicting reports over whether the man escaped or was released and whether he had killed three of his captors.
Official says kidnapped French tourist freed in southwestern PakistanAugust 21st, 2009 Kidnapped French tourist freed in SW PakistanQUETTA, Pakistan — A French tourist was freed Friday three months after being kidnapped in Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, authorities said. The man, identified as Antoine Falsaperla by the French Foreign Ministry, was released in remote Dalbandin district, about 260 miles (420 kilometers) west of the provincial capital of Quetta, local official Mohammad Tufail said.
French president says 6 people linked to aid group released from Somalia after 9 monthsAugust 11th, 2009 Sarkozy: 6 aid workers released in SomaliaPARIS — French President Nicolas Sarkozy's office says six people linked to a French aid group have been released after nine months in captivity in Somalia. Sarkozy's office, in a statement Tuesday, welcomed the release of the four Europeans and two Kenyans working for the aid group Action Contre la Faim.
France appoints special envoy for Pakistan, AfghanistanJuly 18th, 2009 PARIS - France has named Thierry Mariani as its special envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan, a media report said Saturday. The 50-year-old diplomat, a member of French President Nicolas Sarkozy's right-wing ruling party, will replace Pierre Lellouche, who was elevated to become minister for Europe last month, the Online news agency reported.
Security official says gunmen kidnapped 3 foreign aide workers in Kenya, took them to SomaliaJuly 18th, 2009 Official: 3 aide workers kidnapped in KenyaNAIROBI, Kenya — Gunmen have seized three foreign aid workers in northern Kenya and taken them across the border into Somalia, a security official said Saturday. Roughly 10 gunmen arrived late on Friday night at a house in the border town of Mandera where the workers were staying, shot the watchman in the head and kidnapped the three, the official said, speaking anonymously because he was not authorized to talk to the media.
French Navy helps free Indian boat off SomaliaJuly 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indian and French navies Thursday freed an Indian boat that had been hijacked by Somalian pirates last week, an official here said.
The small boat with 14 Indians on board was hijacked by the priates off the Somalian coast July 10 and was freed in a joint operation by the two navies, the official said.
Eyewitnesses say 2 French journalists have been kidnapped from a hotel in SomaliaJuly 14th, 2009 Witnesses: 2 French journalists seized in SomaliaMOGADISHU, Somalia — Gunmen kidnapped two French journalists from their hotel in the Somali capital Tuesday, the hotel manager and an eyewitness said. Abdi Mohamed Ahmed, who owns a teashop in front of the Sahafi Hotel in Mogadishu, said about 10 gunmen arrived in pickup trucks and a small car and disarmed the hotel guards.
A look at major kidnappings blamed on al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf in PhilippinesJuly 12th, 2009 A look at major Abu Sayyaf kidnappingsA look at major kidnappings in the southern Philippines attributed to the al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf and other armed groups. Abu Sayyaf gunmen on Sunday freed the last of three international Red Cross workers they kidnapped last Jan.
Five kidnapped men freed after gunbattle with dacoitsJune 23rd, 2009 BHOPAL - Five employees of an Indore-based private firm, abducted by dacoits on Sunday, were freed after a gunbattle between police and the dacoits in Agra district of Uttar Pradesh, police said here Tuesday. Another kidnapped employee was found dead.
Kanpur hospital employee held for molesting French touristJune 8th, 2009 LUCKNOW - An employee of a hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur town was arrested Monday for allegedly molesting a 24-year-old French tourist, police said. "The employee with the Hailet hospital in Kanpur district molested the French girl, whose fiance is undergoing treatment for diarrhoea in the hospital," Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Kanpur H.R.
French tourist abducted in BalochistanMay 24th, 2009 QUETTA - Armed miscreants have kidnapped a French tourist from Chagai district of Balochistan near Pakistan-Iran border. The tourist has been identified as Anthio, 41.
Police: Canadian woman kidnapped in Nigeria releasedApril 29th, 2009 Canadian woman kidnapped in Nigeria freedLAGOS, Nigeria — Police in Nigeria say a Canadian woman kidnapped this month in northern Nigeria has been released unharmed. National police spokesman Emmanuel Ojukwu says the woman was freed Wednesday in the northern city of Kaduna and no ransom was paid.
Al-Qaida in North Africa to kill British hostage if radical preacher not released by UKApril 26th, 2009 Al-Qaida threatens to kill UK hostageCAIRO — Al-Qaida in North Africa said Sunday it would kill a British hostage if London does not release an imprisoned radical preacher. The group said in a statement posted on an Islamist Web site that it will execute a British tourist held by the group since late January if the extremist Muslim preacher Abu Qatada is not freed in 20 days.
French couple, kid kidnapped by pirates: ReportApril 7th, 2009 PARIS - A French couple and their 3-year-old son were among those kidnapped by Somali pirates over the weekend, French television reported Monday. The family's sailboat Tanit carrying the family and another couple was seized by pirates in the Indian Ocean, where they had been vacationing aboard the boat and were heading towards the island of Zanzibar despite repeated warning about the dangers of piracy.
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