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Former hostage Peter Moore arrived at a military base in Britain on Friday evening after spending more than two-and-a-half years in captivity in Iraq.
A British contractor was freed Wednesday and in good health more than two years after he was abducted, apparently the only survivor of a group of five Britons abducted in a daring raid outside Iraq's Finance Ministry in 2007.
As a post office standoff wore on, the people Warren "Gator" Taylor is accused of holding hostage say he slowly opened up to them.
Illinois prison officials say an inmate who took an employee hostage at the Pinckneyville Correctional Center in southern Illinois has been shot and killed.
The remains of British hostage Alec Collett, who disappeared in 1985 during Lebanon's civil war while working for the United Nations, have been positively identified, the U.N. announced Monday.
On the worst days, kidnapped Italian Red Cross worker Eugenio Vagni couldn't stop himself from picturing how he feared his monthslong jungle captivity in the southern Philippines would end: with his decapitated head in a basket.
An Italian aid worker held captive in the Philippine jungle for six months by al-Qaida-linked militants returned home to celebrations in his small Tuscan town on Saturday.
An advertising executive's former wife who police say was held hostage by her ex-husband for hours inside his Connecticut home told a newspaper she did not expect to survive the ordeal, which ended when he allegedly set the house on fire after she escaped.
Investigators say a California woman held hostage in her home by an ex-boyfriend has been saved by a chance visit from a bill collector.
Al-Qaida terrorists have killed a Briton taken hostage in Mali, the British prime minister said Wednesday. The fate of a Swiss hostage taken at the same time was unknown.
A former hostage must pay the German government euro12,640 ($17,630) to cover the cost of a helicopter it chartered to bring her part of the way home after her release by Colombian rebels, a court ruled Thursday.
Philippine police recovered the severed head of a farm owner kidnapped by Muslim militants and authorities said Monday he was likely beheaded because his family failed to pay ransom.
A man who took 19 hostages at a small-town North Carolina newspaper more than two decades ago in a supposed bid to call attention to government corruption died Friday in prison.
A caravan of some 500 motorcycles completed a three-week ride Sunday dedicated to hostages held by Colombian rebels, but fell short of securing the release of captives, organizers said.
The New York community center where 14 people were killed in a mass shooting Friday says it's "stricken with grief" over the massacre.
A gunman barricaded the back door of a community center with his car and then opened fire on a room full of immigrants taking a citizenship class Friday, killing 13 people before apparently committing suicide, officials said.
President Barack Obama says he is shocked and saddened by the deadly mass shooting in Binghamton, N.Y.
Gov. David Paterson says "12 or 13" people were killed in an attack on an immigration services center in Binghamton, N.Y.
A partially paralyzed 69-year-old Swede was recovering in a hospital after leftist rebels released him from nearly two years of captivity, the man's son said.
A federal court has dismissed a lawsuit against Libya brought by the estate of American librarian Peter Kilburn, who was kidnapped, held hostage and killed in retaliation for a U.S. raid on the country in 1986.
Three Americans held captive by Colombia's leftist rebels for 5 1/2 years published a memoir Thursday full of wrenching survival stories and unkind words about Ingrid Betancourt, the most famous hostage who shared their jungle prisons.
Poland's Senate speaker has called off a visit by his Pakistani counterpart this week because of the apparent beheading of a Pole in Pakistan.
Poland promised Monday to issue international arrest warrants for Taliban militants after the apparent beheading of a Polish engineer in Pakistan, and officials charged that elements within the Pakistani government shared blame for the killing.
The fate of an Israeli army sergeant captured by Hamas and being held in Gaza has become murkier with the massive Israeli assault on the Palestinian territory.
A call to police to investigate a gaunt, seedy-looking man with a boy was the beginning of a deadly end to four years on the run for Manuel Benitez, a former child actor who authorities say used a dumbbell to beat his girlfriend to death in 2004.
Report: Gunman Kills 1, Takes Own Life At Barona Casino An ex-employee who fired shots inside the gaming commission at Barona Casino, prompting a standoff with authorities, fatally shot one person before taking his own life, the sheriff's department told 10News
Senator "DeMinted" Holds Top TSA Job HostageWhy do we even give a damn about our news people and the stuff they report?
Daylong Va. Post Office Standoff Ends Peacefully A daylong standoff at a small-town Virginia post office ended peacefully with three hostages being released and a suspect who came out of the building in a wheelchair in custody, police said late Wednesday.
Pakistani PM Says Bin Laden Not in PakistanPakistan's prime minister Thursday rejected claims al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is hiding within his country amid mounting global pressure on Islamabad to tackle terrorists linked to escalating conflict in neighboring Afghanistan. More Articles
Ladybugs taken hostage by waspsHelp....Would you pay the ransom to get me back???
Murderer makes headway in suit against hostage A man convicted of murder is now targeting one of his victims again, and he's winning in court. An Oregon inmate who killed one man in 2006 is now suing his former hostage.
41 dead in Pakistan Swat Valley blastISLAMABAD, Paksitan (CNN) -- At least 41 people were killed and dozens wounded in a blast Monday at a security forces checkpoint in northwest Pakistan, authorities said.
Suspect Falls Asleep, Hostages Escape Kan. Home - Authorities say the man who held two newlyweds hostage in their Kansas home fell asleep and the couple escaped unharmed.
4-year-old Allegedly Briefly 'Held Ransom' by Delivery Driver for Pizza PaymentCindy Paardekooper alleges a pizza delivery driver briefly held her son hostage when she refused to pay for a late pizza on September 5, 2009.
UK journalist Mr Farrell is alive and free in Afghanistan after 4 days as a hostage. When will 70 million Muslim hostages of the US Alliance be freed?
Hijackers hold Mexican plane on runwayUPDATE: Mexican official: jetliner hijacking over, passengers and crew safe, several people arrested. ---------- Passengers have been freed from a hijacked airplane in Mexico City, but the crew remains aboard.
Gone 18 Years, Girl Found But Questions RemainPhillip Garrido's unspeakable private life began unraveling in a very public place: a college campus.
On CNN, Avlon says Peters "crossed the line" with "wingnut" comments on captured soldierJohn Avlon names Peters the person who divides on Wingnut watch. He assumes that Peters will be the winner for the week for speaking like he did about the soldier who is being held by the Taliban.
FOX News Ralph Peters basically says the Taliban should excute our captured soldier excerpt: ""Ralph Peters is one of those wacko military hawks that FOX News uses to ramp up the Rambo style militia movement they hold so dear to their hearts.
Pentagon IDs captured soldier in videoThe Pentagon on Sunday confirmed that a U.S. soldier who went missing from his base in Afghanistan has been captured and identified him as a private from Idaho serving with an Alaska-based infantry regiment.
Polish hostage's refusal to convert cost him his lifePiotr Stanczak did not exhibit the slightest hint of hesitation when the Pakistani Taliban asked him to choose between execution and conversion to Islam.
Kidnap tycoon is Euro MPA jailbird soccer boss facing kidnap charges has won a seat in the EU Parliament after launching his campaign from his prison cell.
Taliban Stir Rising Anger of Pakistanis...history moves quickly in Pakistan, and after months of televised Taliban cruelties, broken promises and suicide attacks, there is a spreading sense — apparent in the news media, among politicians and the public — that many Pakistanis are finally turning against the Taliban …
Quick-thinking pizza man leads cops to rape victimChris Turner normally wouldn't drive into the remote Tennessee mountains just to deliver a pizza. The one time he did, he came upon a scene that drained the color from his face and made him "numb from head to toe" — a woman with her hands tied, silently begging him to call 911.
Toddler hostage standoff ends in shooting A distraught father described as suicidal and threatening a "bloodbath" was shot by police after holding his 20-month-old son hostage Friday. The toddler is OK.
Journalist's Release Shows Divide Among Iran's LeadersThe release of an Iranian-American journalist imprisoned on charges of spying for the United States removes an obstacle to President Obama's opening to Iran but illustrates the volatility of the Iranian government.
83-year-old held hostage in cellar over land disputeBavarian police have freed an 83-year-old man from a Starnberg cellar where a couple were holding him hostage in a land dispute.
Natascha Kampusch kidnapper 'into child porn': Police found naked girls photos Hundreds of photos of young girls naked and tied up were found by police at the house of the man who kidnapped Natascha Kampusch and held her hostage for eight years.
Obama administration recently asked a federal judge to throw out a $6.6-billion class-action lawsuit against Iran filed by 52 American diplomats and military officials held hostage for more than a year at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran 30 years agoThe request was made in a $6.6 billion class-action lawsuit filed in US District Court in Washington.
Shane Murphy, Freed Pirate Hostage, Slams "Disgusting" Rush LimbaughShane Murphy, second-in-command aboard the ship seized by Somali pirates this month, is happy to be home. But he's not happy to be sharing turf with land-lubber Rush Limbaugh, who politicized the pirate affair by referring to the pirates as "black teenagers."
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