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Jeremy Sisto, 'Kidnapped' ****

Sep 13th, 2006 · Actor Jeremy Sisto, best known for his role as Billy on HBO's Six Feet Under, is now starring in the new series Kidnapped on NBC. It premieres next Wednesday.

Keywords: kidnappings · Premier · Billy · NBC · HBO · Six Feet Under · Jeremy · Sisto · Actor Jeremy Sisto

'Haitian Hillbilly' Fights Kidnapping with Music ****

Feb 6th, 2006 · Kidnapping for ransom has quickly become a multi-million-dollar business for armed gangs roaming the slums of Haiti's capital city, Port-au-Prince. After being released, many kidnapping victims leave the country -- but one former victim, a local disc jockey, has decided to stay. Using his on-air personality the "Haitian Hillbilly," he uses his music -- and his kidnapping experience -- to reach out to fellow Haitians.

Keywords: city · country · local · Haiti · Haitian · Business · victims · capital · slum · au · Prince · kidnappings

Iraq Statistics: Behind the Numbers **

Feb 2nd, 2006 · The bodies of 16 men are discovered in Baghdad Thursday, while an average of 50 bodies riddled with bullets show up at Baghdad's main morgue every day. Staggering statistics mark the Iraq conflict: the growing numbers of kidnappings, murders and bombings that mark day-to-day life in the country.

Keywords: bombing · Iraq · murders · country · Baghdad · Bullets · Statistics · riddled · morgue · conflict · kidnappings

New Video Surfaces of Iraq Hostages

Jan 28th, 2006 · Al Jazeera airs a video, dated Jan. 21, of four Western peace activists who were kidnapped in Iraq in November. With the tape comes a threat to kill the four if all Iraqi prisoners are not freed.

Keywords: Iraq · Activist · Prisons · video · kidnappings · Al Jazeera · Surfaces · Hostages · dated · freed

U.S. Military Frees Female Iraqi Prisoners ****

Jan 26th, 2006 · The U.S. military has freed five female Iraqi prisoners, saying there is no connection to their release and negotiations to free kidnapped journalist Jill Carroll, who demanded the women be removed from custody. Madeleine Brand talks with Washington Post reporter Jonathan Finer about how the prisoners' release might affect Carroll's fate.

Keywords: Iraq · Madeleine Brand · Washington Post · U.S · Custody · military · Prisons · kidnappings · freed · Frees · Jill Carroll · Jonathan Finer

'Tell Them I Didn't Cry': A Reporter's Memoir of Iraq *

Jan 25th, 2006 · While reporting on the torture scandal at the U.S.-run Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, Jackie Spinner was nearly kidnapped. Shaken by the experience, the Washington Post journalist returned to work, spending a total of nine months in Iraq.

Keywords: scandal · Iraq · Washington Post · U.S · Prisons · memoir · kidnappings · Torture · Abu Ghraib · Jackie Spinner

Still No Word on Kidnapped U.S. Reporter *

Jan 21st, 2006 · A day after a deadline set by her captors -- amid persistent cries for her release -- there is no word on the fate of American journalist Jill Carroll. She was captured in Iraq two weeks ago. Many Lourdes Garcia-Navarro reports.

Keywords: Iraq · Americans · U.S · kidnappings · Lourdes Garcia Navarro · Jill Carroll · deadline · captors

Captors Threaten to Take Abductee Carroll's Life *

Jan 19th, 2006 · The captors of American journalist Jill Carroll, who was kidnapped in Iraq almost two weeks ago, say they will kill her Friday unless all Iraqi women prisoners are freed. Simultaneous suicide and roadside bombings on the same Baghdad street Thursday have killed at least 22 Iraqis.

Keywords: suicide · bombing · Iraq · Americans · killing · Prisons · Baghdad · kidnappings · roadside · freed · Jill Carroll · Carroll

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