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K&R News

2012-07-14 | Colombian rebels release 2 kidnapped construction workers
The rebels were demanding a ransom of 70 million pesos (about $39,000) for the two workers, who were abducted in Puerto Rico, the police chief said.

2012-07-14 | A long, painful wait for body parts of a son
Rijo’s father and brother-in-law, who had flown to Lagos eight days back to take the remains of the body home, are now stay put there waiting to hear for a concrete answer from the Nigerian authorities about body identification. Paul Mathew, Rijo’s uncle, told The Hindu that the governor of the Nigerian province where the air crash took place had, a couple of days back, called a meeting of the relatives of the victims. He had told them that only 24 bodies could be identified so far and that the rest could be identified only after matching the DNAs of the victims and their immediate relatives. The process of collecting relatives’ blood samples was going on. Since Nigeria did not have the required lab facilities, the DNA matching would be done in the United States. This, the governor had said, would take about eight weeks.

2012-07-14 | Alleged kidnap boss killed in Zambo; Abu holding Jordanian journalist, 2 Filipino crew members
A suspected leader of a kidnap-for-ransom group who was implicated in several kidnappings including that of two Americans, was killed yesterday in a joint police- military “small unit operation” in Sacol Island, east of this city, a police official announced Monday.

2012-07-14 | Kidnap victims held for ransom
BASRA – Four oil workers kidnapped in late May near the Rumaila field are still being held, and their captors are demanding a $2 million ransom.

2012-07-13 | Bodies found near Russian jet wreckage
Due to the remoteness of the crash site, the bodies will be placed in nets and lifted by ropes to a helicoper, national search and rescue agency spokesman Gagah Prakoso said. They will be evacuated to the capital, Jakarta, for identification by family members.

2012-07-13 | Families hear no guarantee bodies will be recovered
Families of men who died in the Pike River disaster have been told there are no guarantees about the recovery of the bodies of their relatives.

2012-07-13 | Companies make lucrative returns from ‘kidnap trade'
According to security consultants, kidnappers generally prey on victims more vulnerable than business travellers, who tend to limit time in dicey destinations and keep irregular schedules.

2012-07-13 | Armed Guards Can Help Cut Insurance Shipping Costs
Insurance costs to pay ransoms if vessels are hijacked by Somali pirates can be reduced by 75 percent if ships employ private armed guards, Seacurus Ltd. said.

2012-07-13 | Remains of Sukhoi’s victims to undergo identification process at police hospital
The remains were brought by a National Search and Rescue Agency(Basarnas) helicopter to airport and then taken to the National Police Hospital in Kramat Jati, East Jakarta for identification.

2012-07-13 | Families say no mining until bodies retrieved
The families' spokesperson, Bernie Monk, says the terms of the sale weaken earlier pledges to get the remains of the men out for a proper burial. "John Key said the top priority was to get the bodies out. That is not happening, the bodies are secondary."