2 American troops killed in roadside bombing in Afghanistan; gunmen kidnap 5 health workers

2 US troops killed by bomb blast in Afghanistan

Gunmen kidnap 5 Afghan health workers; district official killed on road as violence soars

Afghan health team abducted; local official killed

South Korean, Japanese activists send anti-North Korea leaflets toward border

SKorea, Japan activists fly leaflets toward NKorea

Afghan troops free 5 Afghan UN workers who had been held hostage for a month

Afghan troops free kidnapped UN workers

KABUL, Afghanistan — Officials say five Afghan U.N. staffers kidnapped in northern Afghanistan a month ago have been freed in a military operation.

Police find body of Haitian kidnapped during post-quake reconstruction effort

Haitian relief worker found dead after abduction

Haiti kidnappers release British reconstruction worker, Haitian victim still in captivity

Haiti kidnappers release UK reconstruction worker

Explosives planted in home of policeman in northern Iraq kill 3

Bombs planted in home of policeman kill 3 in Iraq

Haiti drops kidnapping case against US missionaries; only 1 still in jail faces lesser charge

Haiti tosses kidnapping charges against Americans

Belgian businessman kidnapped in Haiti’s capital released in good condition, UN police say

UN: Kidnappers release Belgian taken in Haiti

Kidnapped American was among 4 US citizens to die in Haiti since earthquake

American was kidnapped, killed in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The U.S. Embassy says a kidnapped person was among four U.S. citizens killed in Haiti since the Jan. 12 earthquake.

Kidnappers release 2 European aid workers; 1st reported kidnappings in months

Haiti: Kidnappers release 2 European aid workers

Freed missionary arrives in US after release from Haiti jail

Freed missionary arrives in US from Haiti jail

Blast in market in NW Pakistani kills at least 8 people, wounds dozens

Blast kills 8 in Pakistan’s Swat Valley

MINGORA, Pakistan — A suicide bomber targeting Pakistani security forces set off a blast that ripped through a busy market in the northwestern Swat Valley on Monday, killing at least eight people and wounding dozens of others, officials and witnesses said.

Philippine police arrest suspected militant accused of kidnapping Americans 9 years ago

Filipino accused of kidnapping Americans nabbed

8 American missionaries freed by Haiti judge back in US, spend night in Miami airport hotel

Missionaries freed by Haitian judge back in US

8 American missionaries arrested in Haiti land in Miami hours after judge frees them

Missionaries freed by Haitian judge land in US

8 US Baptists board cargo plane for Miami after judge frees them

8 jailed American missionaries leave Haiti for US

Dominican lawyer for Americans jailed in Haiti has no license to practice in native country

DR lawyer for Americans in Haiti has no license

Haitian judge poised to free 10 US missionaries accused of kidnapping children; timing unclear

Haitian judge poised to release US missionaries

Public sympathy, donations after NZ teen kidnaps injured puppy to save it from being put down

NZ teen kidnaps puppy to save it from euthanasia

Haiti sends 10 US missionaries back to jail; judge makes no ruling on provisional release