No matter how noble the purpose, you cannot operate above the law. Religious leaders are not permitted to impose their will and beliefs on children or people as was the case in days of yore. As the Haiti...
"ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits released Tuesday three teachers they kidnapped last January 23 in this southern port city, officials said. Janette Delos Reyes, Rafael Mayonado and Quizon Frierez were freed around 11:40 a.m. Tuesday at Sitio Binahan, Barangay...
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A Sri Lankan peace activist abducted in the troubled southern Philippinnes is now in the hands of Abu Sayyaf rebels, police sain on Sunday. Umar Jaleel, a 34-year old and member of the Nonviolent...
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According to the comments below the photo: "This white Suzuki microbus took Philip Rizk at the night of the 6th of February 2009 from the Abou Zaabal Police station in Qalyoubia to an unknown location. Possibly a state security headquarters in Cairo. The license placed was...
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As the political administration of Frontier Region (FR) Bannu on Friday claimed to have found some clues to the female Canadian journalist, who was kidnapped in troubled region of Pakistan on Wednesday, she has appealed to visitors of his website to contribute for assisting...
SUDAN'S foreign ministry have revealed that five of the Chinese oil workers held hostage in Sudan have been killed. Two escaped, wounded, and the other two of the nine were still in kidnappers' hands. The group were kidnapped from the Kardofan oilfield in central...
A senior reporter of a mainstream English daily of Pakistan -- The News -- in Peshawar, Javed Afridi escaped from captivity of the kidnappers Saturday and reached home safe and sound.Armed men had kidnapped him...
Somalian captors of the German couple & French boat captain have demanded a hefty $1 million ransom for releasing them. Kidnappings have become a thriving business in Somalia. Highjackers have got huge ransom in the past. " A government minister says...
"Hong Kong (ANTARA News) - A Hong Kong toddler caused a sensation after he crawled out of the window of his mother's sixth-floor apartment, police said Monday.In a scene reminiscent of the 1994 film Baby's Day Out, the 18-month-old boy climbed out of the window via a cupboard...
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OPINION PIECE:Disclosure: I'd like to say up front that I have moral and religious issues against the death penalty. To me, it's not our decision whether or not to kill people - that is purely the domain of one's...
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Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor
When comparing Canada's Notorious Serial Killer Wally Pickton's sentence of 4.1 years per murder victim versus 4 Criminals ongoing past Drug and present Kidnapping...
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"A MILITARY operation to rescue the remaining 21 Korean hostages held by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan has begun hours after a Taliban deadline expired, a provincial official said.
“The operation has started,” said Khowja Seddiqi, the district chief of Ghazni's...
"Kidnappers in southern Nigeria have released a three-year-old British girl who was held hostage for three days.
Margaret Hill was in good health and being cared for by officials in Port Harcourt city, a government spokeswoman told the Reuters news agency.
The child was...
"PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (AP) - Gunmen seized the mother of a newly elected state governor in oil-rich southern Nigeria, police said Tuesday.
The navy, meanwhile, reported an attack off southern Bayelsa state by gunmen armed with dynamite and assault rifles on a vessel...
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