ABUJA, Nov 17, (RTRS): In the gloom of a hilltop cave in Nigeria where she was held captive, Hajja had a knife pressed to her throat by a man who gave her a choice — convert to Islam or die. Two gunmen from Boko Haram had seized the Christian teenag... |
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Francis Collomp (right), a few hours after his escape yesterday. PARIS: A French engineer abducted by Islamist militants in Nigeria has managed to escape after nearly a year in captivity, officials said yesterday, in the latest dramatic turn for French hostages abroad. |
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Red Bull's quadruple World champion Sebastian Vettel won the US Grand Prix on Sunday to become the first Formula One driver to take eight consecutive victories in a single season. Starting from pole, the 26-year-old German was again in a class of his own, taking the chequered flag 6.2 seconds clear of Frenchman Romain Grosjean in a Lotus. |
He was seized in the northern Nigerian town of Rimi on December 19 when gunmen stormed his compound |
During World War II, on a frigid February night about 100 miles off the coast of Greenland, Storekeeper second class Richard Swanson was clinging desperately to a cargo net that had been draped over the side of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Comanche. |
He was seized in the northern Nigerian town of Rimi on December 19 when gunmen stormed his compound |
A French engineer abducted by Islamist militants in Nigeria last year has managed to escape, slipping out of his cell and hailing a taxi to take him to police, officials said Sunday.President Francois Hollande announced that Francis... |
Starting from pole, the 26-year-old German was again in a class of his own, taking the checkered flag 6.2 seconds clear of Frenchman Romain Grosjean in a Lotus. Vettel's Australian teammate Mark Webber finished a close third in the penultimate race of his grand prix career and last in America. |
Sebastian Vettel made Formula One history by chalking up an eighth successive victory in a single season after taking the chequered flag at the United States Grand Prix. |
PARIS/ABUJA - A French engineer who had been held hostage by Islamist militants in northern Nigeria for almost a year has escaped his jailers, President Francois Hollande said on Sunday."This man showed exceptional courage. |
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