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South Korean navy catches up to hijacked supertanker
A South Korean navy destroyer has caught up to a supertanker carrying about US$160m of oil believed to have been hijacked by Somali pirates.

Drug-debt heavies admit kidnap, assault
A customer who ran up a $5500 drug debt was kidnapped, beaten and forced to hand over his car by the "heavies" employed to collect the money.

Attempted abduction of two schoolgirls
There has been an attempted abduction of two young girls from Hill Park school in Manurewa, in south Auckland, this morning.

Haitian judge poised to release kidnap accused missionaries
Ten missionaries facing trial for trying to take a busload of children out of Haiti could be released from jail.

Woman sought after 'child kidnap attempt'
Police are seeking a woman after a reported attempted child kidnapping in Hamilton.

Kidnap trio seize and rob woman, 82
An 82-year-old woman was kidnapped by three young women and driven around in the back of her own car while her captors robbed her of more than $1500.

'I was like an Egyptian pharaoh conserved alive'- Kampusch
A kidnap victim reveals in a new film how her captor shaved her head, forbade her to cry and brutally abused her during eight years in a cellar.