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Nigerian Amina Ali, the first of the kidnapped Chibok girls to gain freedom, meets President Muhammadu Buhari as he sends rescue squads into a remote forest in hopes of brining back her 218 classmates. Mana Rabiee reports.
The first of 219 abducted Chibok schoolgirls to be found after more than two years in Boko Haram captivity meets Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari at his palace in Abuja. Amina Ali, who was discovered by civilian vigilantes and troops on Tuesday, flew from the Borno state capital, Maiduguri, in northeast Nigeria, to the capital, Abuja, with her mother, Binta and her baby. IMAGES
Exactly a quarter century after a 15-year-old girl in southeast Texas went missing, police have found what are believed to be her remains, the Houston Chronicle reported.
South African police clash with proesters demanding "no bail" for the accused in the disappearance of a six-year-old girl whose mother has been charged with trafficking and kidnapping in a case that has gripped the nation. They were prevented from entering the Vredenberg magistrates court due to space and safety concerns, with the clashes taking place shortly before the accused arrived. Joshlin Rachelin Smith went missing in Saldanha Bay, a fishing town 135 kilometres north of Cape Town in February, sparking a massive search operation. She remains missing. Four suspects have been charged. IMAGES
Fabien Accidini couldn't believe his ears when 17-year-old Alex Batty told him he'd been "kidnapped". "I had to ask him to repeat" what he was saying, chiropractic student Fabien Accidini tells AFP during a game of pétanque with a friend in the village of Gréasque, 30 km from Marseille. The British teenager who had been missing for six years was picked up by Accidini in the middle of the night on a remote road in a mountainous area of southern France. SOUNDBITE
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).