Feared DR Congo militia springs hundreds from jail
A feared militia attacked a prison in the restive east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday, freeing hundreds ...
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Jailbreak leaves 90 inmates on the run
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia"•A jailbreak in western Indonesia has left 90 inmates on the run after they escaped by breaking down ...
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Manhunt on for 6 Laguna jailbirds
STA. CRUZ, Laguna—Laguna police have launched a province-wide manhunt for six prisoners who bolted the provincial jail in Poblacion 1, ...
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110 Kidapawan inmates still on the run
KIDAPAWAN CITY—Philippine authorities said Thursday they had captured 34 inmates who escaped in the nation’s biggest jailbreak but more than ...
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150 inmates bolt Kidapawan jail; rebels blamed
KIDAPAWAN—More than 150 inmates of a North Cotabato district jail escaped when 60 suspected Muslim rebels stormed the dilapidated facility ...
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Defying Duterte
THERE is no mistaking it. The jailbreak on Saturday in Lanao del Sur was a slap in the face of ...
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