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Thirteen people are killed, others are kidnapped and houses are burned by Allied Democratic Forces gunmen in Mabisu, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2024-11-15

Nine crew members of a Norwegian ship were kidnapped off the coast of Benin.
2019-11-4

Australian "60 Minutes" reporter Tara Brown and her crew are reportedly facing kidnapping charges in Lebanon following a bungled child recovery attempt.
2016-04-12

Australian David Hicks wins an appeal in the U.S. Court of Military Commission Review against his conviction for providing material support to terrorism in 2007 in a U.S. Navy court in Guantanamo Bay.
2015-02-18

Australian politician Craig Thomson is charged with an additional 19 charges including 15 of fraud and 4 of theft.
2013-05-22

The Malaysian Army launches an attack on an armed Filipino group on the island of Borneo in an effort to end the standoff.
2013-03-5

Australian WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange loses his appeal in England's High Court against extradition to Sweden to face questioning over sexual assault allegations.
2011-11-2

Australian French Resistance leader Nancy Wake dies in London at the age of 98.
2011-08-7

Suspected Abu Sayyaf gunmen abduct two United States citizens and a Filipino relative from an island village in Zamboanga City in the Philippines.
2011-07-12

Dirar Abu Seesi, a Palestinian engineer from Gaza, is indicted at Beersheba's District Court, accused of developing missiles and upgrading rockets for attacks on Israel; he claims that the Mossad kidnapped him.
2011-04-4