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A Methodist Church community in Colombia comes to grips with the kidnapping of many of their young people during the paramilitary occupation of their area. A partner of The United Church of Canada.

Domestic and foreign kidnapping is on the rise, and when in captivity, there are a few things that will keep you alive!

Albert L. Bates & Harvey Bailey are sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of the daring kidnapping of Charles F. Urschel and his guest Walter Jarrett. ''Machine Gun Kelley'' and his wife Kathryn were flown in for the trial amid a media ci

A foreign aid worker is kidnapped in Kabul, Afghanistan. The man, a French national, was seized by gunmen who shot dead an Afghan intelligence agency driver who tried to intervene. Video courtesy of Reuters. (Nov. 3)

A fake news story on the abduction of Lauren Popeil, daughter of famed, Ron Popeil, King of the Infomercial.

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Americas columnist Mary O'Grady tells Kelsey Hubbard how the U.S. War on Drugs and the demand for narcotics is playing a role. (Aug. 18)

On May 24, 1935, George Weyerhaeuser, the nine-year old son of prominent lumberman J.P. Weyerhaeuser of Tacoma, Washington, disappeared on his way home from school. Although the students at Lowell School, which he attended, were released for lunch ea

http://www.instablogs.com/ Pope backs President Sarkozy on positive secularism The pontiff in his speech at the Elysee Palace should have refrained from advocating change in the French secular tradition, wherein he called for a more open approach to secularism which would accept Christian roots of French society. The Pope may be widely popular in France but he has no authority to dictate the dos and don?ts of French secularism. France is a staunchly secular nation. The separation between the church and the state is enshrined in the national identity and that should remain so. The notion of Positive secularism propounded by President Sarkozy and supported by Pope Benedict XVI that allows space for religion in public life cannot be allowed to pollute the French ideal of secularism. We are living in a world that is fast succumbing to fundamentalist fanaticism, and any measure that allows religion a free play in public life would constitute an act of provocation, proselytism or propaganda that would harm the dignity or freedom of other people. The Pope should come up with a better idea to instill Christian beliefs in French Catholics. Israel protests against Iranian threats Protest by the Israeli state is rightly justified. Iran needs to understand that we do not live in a perfect world and that whatever we give comes back to us. Comments by Israeli officials should be seen in the light of Iranian threat to eradicate Israel from the world map. No one in Israel would be interested in kidnapping Ahmadinejad and no Israeli likes war. But then what can be done to ensure the security and viability of the Israeli state, surrounded by rogue bodies bent on destroying it. It must be understood that the Jewish state of Israel is not at war with Hamas or Hezbollah that are pawns of Iran ? who is responsible for the funding, creation and arming of both the terrorist organizations. The world should understand that no amount of territorial concess