A KIDNAPPED American boy who escaped from suspected Muslim militants wandered without shoes for two days in a Philippine jungle before villagers found him.

KIDNAPPED Irish priest Michael Sinnott is in critical condition due to malnutrition and lack of medicine for his heart condition.

A KIDNAPPED 14-year-old American girl was rescued from a hand-dug, booby-trapped pit after she managed to send a text message to her mother.

A KIDNAPPED taxi driver freed in an Israeli commando raid was greeted with a street party yesterday and the military said his captors were not backed by major Palestinian militant groups.