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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - An American citizen has been reported missing in Iraq, the U.S. Embassy said Monday, a day after a Canadian Parliament official said that four humanitarian workers had been kidnapped. Dan McTeague, parliamentary secretary for Canadians abroad, said two Canadians were taken on Saturday, and Britain said one of its citizens was among the four. U.S. Embassy spokeswoman Elizabeth Colton said only that an American had been reported missing. The person's name was not immediately released. McTeague refused to name the organization the two Canadians worked for or the location where they were kidnapped in order to...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- An American citizen is missing in Iraq, the U.S. Embassy said Monday, apparently one of four humanitarian workers reported kidnapped a day earlier.The reported abductions - amid a relative lull in the kidnappings of foreigners in Iraq - came as the trial of deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein for alleged crimes against humanity resumed Monday in a heavily guarded Baghdad courtroom. The trial was adjourned until Dec. 5 to allow time to find replacements for two defense lawyers who were slain and another who fled Iraq after he was wounded.Also Monday, two Britons were killed when...

WASHINGTON - In Alabama, a man with a history of mental illness killed two police officers with a rifle he bought on Christmas Eve. In suburban New York, a schizophrenic walked into a church during Mass and shot to death a priest and a parishioner. In Texas, a woman taking anti-psychotic medication used a shotgun to kill herself. Not one of their names was in a database that licensed gun dealers must check before making sales — even though federal law prohibits the mentally ill from purchasing guns. Most states have privacy laws barring such information from being shared with...

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 22, 2005 — - Three months after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, thousands of people are still unaccounted for, and authorities are at a loss about how to track them down. A group of New Orleans firefighters today went searching for bodies in the Lower Ninth Ward -- for the third time. "On November 7th, we found five bodies. On November 8th, we found two," said Fire Department Chief of Cperations Steve Glynn. Glynn says it would be much easier to search for the missing if he knew who they were. "We'll find them in small...

An amber alert has just been issued regarding a missing child in Hialeah. The Hialeah Police Department and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement are looking for Dialys Ramos, a white female, 17 years old, 5 feet 02 inches tall, 105 pounds, auburn hair, and green eyes. The child was last seen at the 500th block of East 35th St. and is believed to be in danger. Authorities say the child was likely abducted by Robert Laird, a black male, 39 years old, 5 feet 11 inches tall, 180 pounds, black hair, and brown eyes. They may be traveling...

A man wanted in a Pennsylvania double homicide and apparent abduction of 14-year-old girl was captured Monday after a car he was driving crashed in Indiana following a police pursuit, State Police said. State Police 1st Sgt. Dave Bursten said David Ludwig, 18, was apprehended about 12:30 p.m. EST after a car he was driving crashed about 20 miles west of Indianapolis following a pursuit by State Police. Bursten said Ludwig was found with the missing girl, 14-year-old, Kara Beth Borden, a daughter of the slain couple, and she was unharmed."He's in custody and we have the girl," Bursten said....

Pennsylvania State police are searching for a 14-year-old girl reportedly kidnapped at gunpoint after her parents were murdered. Authorities have issued an Amber Alert for Kara Beth Borden, who was last seen at 8 a.m. in Warwick Township, Lancaster County. Police reported that the teen was taken by 18-year-old David G. Ludwig. Authorities say he was last seen driving a red Volkswagen Jetta with Pennsylvania registration E-H-H-0-9-9-4. Borden is described as white, 5-feet-1, and 100 pounds, with brown hair with blond highlights. She was last seen wearing a black sweat shirt with "Pillar" across the front, blue jeans and black...

Detroit news channels flashing "Michigan Teen missing in Aruba".. Will post more as soon as its reported.

Woman's remains found in salvage yard Disappearance of Teresa Halbach classified as a homicide By TOM KERTSCHER tkertscher@journalsentinel.com Posted: Nov. 10, 2005 Missing Woman Photo/Jeffrey Phelps Steven Avery served 18 years in prison on sexual assault charges before being exonerated last year. Teresa Halbach was last seen Oct. 31. Recent Coverage 11/9/05: Avery held on gun charge 11/8/05: Investigators sift through gravel pit near Avery property 11/7/05: Police, volunteers seek clues at Avery's home 11/7/05: Nichols: Justice won't be blind if law enforcement is in the spotlight 11/6/05: Missing woman's car found in junk lot 11/5/05: Missing woman, freed prisoner...

SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - American Embassy officials distributed fliers Thursday in Brazil's capital with pictures of a missing 17-year-old American exchange student last seen trying to hitchhike to Brasilia. Meanwhile, police in the small city 80 miles (130 kilometers) from the capital where Mykensie Martin was spotted trying to hitch a ride were planning to reconstruct her last known movements before she disappeared Sunday. Authorities in Unai, a city of 60,000, planned to bring a witness to the highway where he saw Martin so he could describe the scene in more detail, said Unai police detective Celso Avila Prado....

A man who served 18 years in prison for a rape he did not commit said Tuesday night he is afraid he is being framed for the disappearance of a Calumet County woman whose car was found at a junkyard run by his family. "It's a headache. Everybody's worried about it. They can't sleep, they're so worried," Steve Avery said of himself and his large family, who live in Manitowoc County, mostly in the Two Rivers area. Calumet County authorities are searching for 25-year-old Teresa Marie Halbach of Hilbert. Halbach, a freelance photographer for Auto Trader Magazine, was last seen...

BRASILIA, Brazil — A 17-year-old Oregon exchange student missing since last weekend was found safe Thursday in northeastern Brazil, ending an intense search by Brazilian authorities and the U.S. Embassy. Mykensie Martin arrived at a police station in the coastal city of Salvador, about 690 miles northeast of Brazil's capital, Brasilia, said Lt. Alexandre Silva of the federal police in the state of Bahia. She was accompanied to the police station by a young Brazilian from Salvador identified as Marcos Alves, a waiter at a beachside restaurant. The two arrived holding hands and stayed arm in arm at the police...

SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- A 17-year-old American exchange student missing in Brazil was seen trying to hitchhike to the capital the day she disappeared, Brazilian authorities said Wednesday. Mykensie Martin, a senior at Summit High School in Bend, Ore., was reported missing Sunday, said Kreg and Judy Roth of the Rotary Youth Exchange Program in Bend. A witness spotted the girl Sunday evening on the side of a highway leading to Brasilia from the town of Unai, about 80 miles from the capital, said Unai police detective Celso Avila Prado. Martin told the witness she was on her way...

The family of the only soldier the U.S. Army lists as missing-captured in Iraq will get a face-to-face meeting with military officials on the status of their son, days after the Ohio family complained about a lack of information from the government. The parents of Army Reserve Sgt. Keith "Matt" Maupin, of Batavia, Ohio, are being flown to Washington for a Pentagon briefing today. Maupin has been missing since April 9, 2004, when his fuel truck convoy was ambushed by insurgents west of Baghdad after leaving camp. "We're bringing the family to the Pentagon to provide them with a progress...

Horse riders find little boy lost by Cheryl Chenevier Wednesday, 2 November 2005 Nicole Melrose and her partner Gavin Morton rode out on Sunday morning on their horses, Rusty and BJ to resume the search for young Cooper Jones who had been missing since Saturday morning. "I prayed so hard, please any souls out there, look after him until we get there," Nicole said. She and Gavin woke early to catch and saddle their horses before floating them to the search area. "We'd only been out looking for about an hour when I heard him whimper," Nicole said. "We went...

Five days before Leslie Marva Adams went missing, she asked a judge to protect her from her boyfriend, expressing fear for her life. Her boyfriend, Billy Joe Cook, 38, said Wednesday he had nothing to do with her disappearance and that he is praying she will be found. Gwinnett police are still searching for Adams, 40, of Lilburn, who was reported missing on Monday. Though police are aware of the restraining order granted against Cook, they have not named him as a suspect in Adams' disappearance, said Detective Marcus Head. He confirmed the boyfriend had been interviewed by police. "I...

NORMAL, Ill. – The search for a missing college student may have reached a critical point, as officials in Mississippi waited Tuesday for medical and dental records to determine whether a body found in a burnt-out chicken house could be that of 21-year-old Olamide Adeyooye. Elsewhere, investigators continued to interview several "persons of interest" in a case that gained attention through an Internet campaign launched by Adeyooye's friends. The popular senior at Illinois State University had been studying laboratory sciences and biology, and was due to graduate in December. She was last seen nearly two weeks ago at a video...

A body found in a burned-out chicken coop in Mississippi has been identified as that of an Illinois college student who disappeared two weeks ago, authorities said Wednesday. Dental records were used to identify the remains of 21-year-old Illinois State University senior Olamide Adeyooye, authorities said. Police did not disclose the cause of death. "As far as the cause of death, we believe she was already deceased when the body was dropped off in Newton County (Mississippi)," Newton County Sheriff Jackie Knight said. "We have investigators from Illinois here with us but we believe the actual death took place in...

OCILLA - More than 100 people gathered Wednesday to search parts of rural Irwin County for any trace of Tara Grinstead, a high school history teacher reported missing Monday. Grinstead, a 30-year-old Hawkinsville native, was last heard from Saturday, law enforcement officials said. Friends describe the former beauty queen as a bubbly, vivacious and outgoing person who never met a stranger. She decided on a teaching career, they said, because she wanted to help people. Grinstead, a former Miss Tifton and a contestant in the Miss Georgia pageant, was last seen at a beauty pageant she attended Saturday in Fitzgerald,...

(CBS) The search continues for a 24-year-old former dancer who vanished on Columbus Day in Portland, Maine. Lynn Moran, who lives in Shrewsbury, Mass., was in Portland visiting family when she disappeared without a trace, authorities say. "We really believe that someone has to have seen her," her sister, Chris, told a news conference. "People don't just disappear. She's striking. She turned heads before she was missing." Moran's brother, John, told the reporters, "With every hour and every day that goes by, our sense of desperation increases." Family members have posted signs in Maine and Massachusetts. Moran dropped from sight...