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• Hostage drama ends with drive to safety
CAIRO, Egypt - The end of a 10-day ordeal for the tour group came far out in the desolate Sahara, when kidnappers lined up some of the captives and cocked their weapons. "At that moment, we thought we were dead," said one Egyptian guide. Instead, the ...
• Sudan's army kills 6 blamed in abduction
The two told the authorities where the rest of the kidnappers and their captives were hiding, the official said. The Sudanese and Egyptian militaries, using two helicopters, then launched the assault that freed the captives, two security officials said
• Sudan: Safari hostages taken to Libya
CAIRO, Egypt - A group of kidnappers who abducted a 19-member European tour group during a desert safari moved their captives from Sudan to Libya on Thursday in a new complication to the week-old hostage ordeal, the Sudanese government said. Sudanese ...
• Man accused of holding, raping daughter
Sokolowski said the woman did have limited contact with the outside world, including visits to hospitals to give birth to her sons, unlike Fritzl’s captives, who officials said were locked in an underground cell. “The main problem was the extreme ...
• Captives threatened in Austria incest case - Europe- msnbc.com
An Austrian man who held his daughter captive for 24 years and fathered her seven children told his captives they would be gassed if they tried to escape,  investigators said ...