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| | 3 arrested over baby kidnapping in Japan |
 | | Japanese police rescued a newborn baby about 50 hours after he was snatched from a hospital and arrested three people later in the day on suspicion of kidnapping the baby for ransom, they said. |
 | | The couple, of the town of Shichigahama in Miyagi Prefecture, and Sato, of Sendai's Miyagino Ward, confessed to carrying out the abduction, the police said. |
 | | Nemoto, who is heavily in debt, snatched the baby boy from the hospital and later telephoned the hospital to demand Y61.5 million ($A711,000) in ransom, police said. |
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