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...three gunmen in the suburbs of Makhachkala, the regional capital. Following the abduction, M.S.F. suspended aid work throughout Russia's North Caucasus region. Dagestan borders Chechnya, where M.S.F. and the U.N. suspended operations last month after the kidnaping of aid worker Nina Davidovich. Russian Interior Ministry officials said no ransom had been demanded for Erkel, and M.S.F. said it had not been contacted by his yet-unknown abductors. NIGERIA Resign or Else The ruling People's Democratic Party said it will take strong action against its members who voted to impeach Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo. The lower House...
...nature of Chirac's links with disgraced Japanese banker Shoichi Osada. The reports were undertaken while Chirac's socialist opponents were in power. Earlier this month, the President sacked the head of France's domestic intelligence service following leaked allegations that his RPR party benefited from an alleged ransom paid to free French hostages in Lebanon in 1988. ESTONIA SS Monument Authorities in the city of Parnu removed a monument honoring Estonians who fought alongside the Nazis in World War II. The monument showed a man in an Estonian SS uniform and bore a dedication to servicemen in what...
...kicked open a basement door and made her way to a window where she screamed until someone heard her and came to her rescue. The little girl was plucky, but also lucky. The motive for the kidnapping was not sexual but financial; her abductors asked for a $150,000 ransom, perhaps believing a false neighborhood rumor that Erica's family had received that sum as a life insurance payment after her uncle was shot and killed last month. Police Thursday arrested James Burns and Edward Johnson in connection with the kidnapping...
...What if this year, your mom, who holds Thanksgiving dinner ransom until everyone holds hands and says out loud what he or she is thankful for and then gives you a dirty look when you say, "over the counter painkillers and 300 cable channels," decides to extend the tradition to Independence Day? If you had to stand before your loved ones and tell them one reason you are proud to be an American what would you say? You're on your own on that one. I checked, and there is no "Patriotism for Dummies...
...first term, Duterte's challenge was to rehabilitate Davao's reviled police department, which was running scared after years of NPA attacks. Shortly after Duterte took office, he heard that some kidnappers were trying to skip town with their just-collected ransom. Duterte led the pursuit, beating the cops to the scene and stationing his car on a bridge at the city line. When the kidnappers arrived, they started shooting. Duterte and his security detail returned fire, killing three of the four suspects. It was like a scene from the Philippine movies, which are replete with Dirty Harry loner-heroes...