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Kidnapped aid worker: SAS briefed Hague
A senior British SAS officer briefed the Foreign Secretary on the American military operation to release aid worker Linda Norgrove, Channel 4 News understands.
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Kidnapped UK aid worker killed in Afghanistan
David Cameron says it was “right to try” to rescue a UK aid worker killed in Afghanistan but one of the men kidnapped with her has told Channel 4 News the mission was “unnecessary” and “dangerous”.
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Afghanistan: search for kidnapped aid worker
The search continues for a British aid worker and her three Afghan colleagues, kidnapped by armed men in Afghanistan. John Sparks learns aid agencies are finding the country more and more dangerous.
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British aid worker kidnapped in Afghanistan
A British national has gone missing in Afghanistan, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has confirmed. US aid organisation DAI confirmed to Channel 4 News the Briton is one of its employees.
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Shannon Matthews kidnap ‘unforeseeable’
As a report concludes social services could not have anticipated the abduction of Shannon Matthews by her mother, Channel 4 News’s Nick Martin recalls his visits to the “chaotic” Matthews home.
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Shannon Matthews kidnap: how events unfolded
18 months have elapsed between Karen Matthews’s guilty verdict for kidnapping her daughter Shannon, and today’s publication of a serious case review.
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Somalia kidnap: Chandlers’ plea to Cameron
The British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates, have used their first TV interview in captivity to congratulate David Cameron on election victory and to seek government help to secure their freedom.
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Chandlers kidnap timeline: how events unfolded
When Paul and Rachel Chandler began blogging from their yacht, the Lynn Rival, they did not know their dream trip across the Indian Ocean would turn into a hostage crisis.
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The questions that remain over Sahil Saeed's kidnap ordeal
Nick Paton Walsh blogs from Islamabad on the latest details of the kidnap of five-year-old Sahil Saeed, and questions that still remain unanswered.
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‘Brutal treatment’ of pirate kidnap couple
In an ITV exclusive, Paul Chandler, who is being held hostage by Somali pirates, criticises the Royal Navy – and says he may have just days to live.
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Chandlers: our kidnappers are losing patience
Hostages Paul and Rachel Chandler make direct plea in a video obtained by Channel 4 News, warning UK authorities they fear the Somali pirates who kidnapped them may kill them.
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Arizona – the kidnap capital of the US
Arizona is a dangerous place to visit these days. It’s become the kidnap capital of the United States as a wave of violence associated with the raging drug wars in Mexico has swept across the border and into America. More than one abduction a day is reported to the police, and they know that represents…
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Who could replace Joe Biden?
With the Democrats worried that Joe Biden’s campaign troubles could ruin their chances of winning the November 5 election, Biden insists he will stay on, but many want him to step down. So who could replace him?
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‘It was hard not to laugh on set’ – Swede Caroline lead on root vegetable mockumentary
It’s like an Agatha Christie mystery – but with giant vegetables. That’s one way of seeing the comedy-thriller Swede Caroline – a new mockumentary set in the cut-throat world of over-sized veg competitions. The movie follows up-and-coming star Caroline who, after having her prized marrows stolen, is led on a chase through corporate corruption, insider…
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Stakeknife: British spy in IRA probably cost more lives than saved in Troubles
The British Government should apologise for the “dark arts” which allowed a British agent operating inside the IRA to sanction kidnapping, torture and often murder of those suspected of being informers, according to the man who led the inquiry. But, for some victims’ families, the findings of Operation Kenova failed to provide a complete picture…
