Kidnapped Canadians
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‘The silence is deafening’: family of Canadian kidnapped in Afghanistan can’t get answers"For me it's gone from shock and disbelief to complete despair," Boyle's aunt Kelli O'Brien said.CanadaSep 26, 2017
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Canada calls for release of Joshua Boyle, Canadian held in Afghanistan after new video appearsOfficials in Canada called for the unconditional release of a Canadian man and his American wife after a new video appeared to show them begging their governments to intervene on their behalf with their Afghan captors.CanadaDec 20, 2016
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Joshua Boyle, Canadian held hostage in Afghanistan, pleads for help in new videoCanadian hostage Joshua Boyle and his U.S. wife, Caitlan Coleman, appeared in a video released Tuesday by Afghan militants.CanadaAug 30, 2016
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Family pleads for mercy for U.S.-Canadian couple held in AfghanistanThe family of an American woman reported missing in Afghanistan in 2012, with her Canadian husband, have pleaded for mercy from the couple's captors.CanadaJul 1, 2016
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John Ridsdel murder: Captors need ‘some sort of incentives’ to release hostagesThe Canadian government is not relenting on its policy of not paying ransoms to terrorists, even after the murder of Canadian hostage John Ridsdel.ConsumerApr 26, 2016
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John Ridsdel’s friend will push for release of other hostagesDon Kossick said he doesn't want to see a reluctance to negotiate with terrorists lead to the beheading of another hostage of Abu Sayyaf militants.CanadaApr 26, 2016
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Canadians kidnapped abroad freed with ransom, prisoner trades or died in captivityKidnapped Canadians have been released through a variety of means, though sometimes things don't go so well.PoliticsApr 26, 2016
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Officials ‘determined’ to find terrorists who beheaded Canadian hostage John Ridsdel: TrudeauThe Philippine military is under pressure to rescue more than 20 foreign hostages after their Muslim extremist captors beheaded a Canadian man, while Prime Minister Trudeau vows those responsible will be brought to justice.CanadaApr 26, 2016
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What you need to know about Abu Sayyaf, the group that kidnapped John RidsdelAbu Sayyaf has followed through on a promise to kill Canadian hostage John Ridsdel, who the group took hostage in the Philippines seven months ago.CanadaApr 25, 2016
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Executed Canadian hostage John Ridsdel’s family ‘devastated’ by his deathJohn Ridsdel was executed by Abu Sayyaf militants after being held hostage for six months.WorldApr 25, 2016
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