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Police in Venice, Fla., said Wednesday that two suspects who attempted to rob a T.J. Maxx store Tuesday night left before police arrived, creating what they believed to be a hostage situation, the HeraldTribune.com reported.
Police say a man who took eight people hostage for 10 hours inside the Edmonton Workers' Compensation building has been charged with unlawful confinement and several weapons offenses.
A freed Irish aid worker held captive for three months in Darfur said Monday that her captors terrorized her and a Ugandan friend by repeatedly staging their mock executions using live gunfire.
Two foreign aid workers seized at gunpoint more than three months ago in Sudan's Darfur were released Sunday by their captors in the third — and longest — kidnapping of aid workers in the arid region.
A fugitive from Colorado is charged in Kansas with kidnapping for allegedly taking a newlywed couple hostage at home in a small town outside Topeka earlier this month.
President Alvaro Uribe's government said Saturday it is dropping a demand that Colombia's main rebel group release all its police and military hostages at once, possibly opening the way for negotiations.
A fugitive who eluded police for two days was captured in Kansas after he took two newlyweds hostage in their home, only to fall asleep when they gave him pillows and blankets.
Authorities released "proof-of-life" videos Monday showing 10 soldiers and police officers held captive by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, for more than a decade.
Videos of nine hostages held by Colombian rebels were turned over to their families Monday as proof they remain alive.
A soldier and police officer held hostage by leftist rebels in Colombia appeared in videos given to their families Monday as proof they remain alive.
Farmers freed 13 police officers and four civilians seized at a hydroelectric dam in Peru's Andean region after local officials agreed Saturday to provide them with fertilizer.
A year after Colombian military agents disguised as international aid workers helicoptered Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. military contractors to freedom, an offer by their former leftist rebel captors to unilaterally free two hostages is in limbo.
Colombia's Supreme Court is denying Washington's request to extradite a leftist rebel accused of holding captive three U.S. military contractors.
The families of five British men held hostage in Iraq for nearly two years say they remain hopeful the men will be released.
Two aid workers held hostage in Darfur, one French and one Canadian, were free Thursday after three weeks in captivity.
The Obama administration has asked a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit against Iran filed by Americans held hostage at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran 30 years ago.
The head of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command is warning that the successful rescue of an American captain held by Somali pirates could escalate violence in that part of the world.
PARIS — A French official says three adults and a child who were freed from their Somali captives in a shootout at sea off Somalia have arrived in France.
Russian security forces killed a masked gunman who seized five hostages at a Siberian bank Friday and the captives escaped unharmed, officials said.
Injured in their plane's crash-landing and then taken hostage by Colombian rebels, three U.S. defense contractors survived a jungle odyssey lasting more than five grueling years.
The last known politician held hostage by Colombia's main leftist insurgency was airlifted to freedom Thursday after six years in captivity.
Colombia's main leftist rebel group plans a hostage release on Sunday, its first in nearly a year, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Wednesday.
Kidnappers released on Friday three Germans abducted in Yemen after the Yemeni government paid a $100,000 ransom and agreed to another demand to release tribesmen from prison, officials and a mediator said.
Iran's Choice | The White HouseThirty years ago today, the American Embassy in Tehran was seized.
Suicidal woman holds bank workers hostage in WinstedA Winsted resident was in psychiatric lock down Friday only hours after what police are describing as a suicidal attempt take a local bank branch hostage.
20 killed in bloody siege at Pakistan army HQ - USATODAY.comAt least 20 peoples, including 6 troops, killed in hard clash in Rawalpindhi army headquarter. Five unknown man take the headquarters and round at least 30 peoples. Pakistan said the army success to release the hostages. Certainly with so many victims in there
Maliki vs Iraqi Law - Maliki Ultimate Test; Ashraf Residents Dying 36 HostagesIt is ironical that Maliki has announced a collation of "Law" while in deeds is personally defying Iraqi law to release 36 wounded hostages at his disposal-presently used politically. Does Mr.
8-month-old rescued; SWAT team storms hostage house Authorities moments ago rushed the house where an armed man was holed up south of downtown Orlando since about 2 this afternoon.
Carter's shameless tearsDuring his visit to the Gaza Strip Tuesday, Jimmy Carter stated that he had to "hold back his tears" in the face of the destruction suffered by Palestinian residents.
Shootout Kills 16 in Mexican Resort ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) -- It was a shootout straight from Hollywood in the former playground of its biggest stars: Masked and heavily armed Mexican soldiers battled outlaws holed up in a hillside mansion in a four-hour shootout that had tourists cowering in hotels nearby.
South Africa: Police Arrest 10 in Sea Hostage DramaTable Bay — A hostage drama outside the Table Bay harbour on Tuesday morning led to the arrest of 10 crew members who were holding a Taiwanese fishing vessel captain and his officer hostage.
Cruise ship fends off pirate attack with gunfireA gleaming example of how to deal with piracy on the high seas. Armed security is an answer.
How to get 1 million dollars to a Somali pirate?Former FBI agent Jack Cloonan now specialises in negotiating with Somali pirates in hostage cases. 'They're not stupid. They know it's a successful business model.'
U.S. wants judge to toss embassy hostage suitThe Obama administration is asking a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit against Iran filed by Americans held hostage at the embassy in Tehran 30 years ago.
Iraq-US Relations at Stake as Supreme Court Hears Arguments by Anand Harshvardhan and Emily Loftis" WASHINGTON – Bubbling beneath the surface of a highly technical argument about presidential powers at the Supreme Court Monday were implications for future relations between the United States and Iraq.
Inter-Korean talks to Start TuesdayA potential thaw in relations on the Korean peninsula. Talk is better than missile firing don't you think?
The Pentagon is currently drawing up plans and wants to take the fight to the pirates ashore in Somalia.
Somali Pirates Hijack 3 More Ships MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) -- Undeterred by U.S. and French hostage rescues that killed seven bandits, Somali pirates brazenly hijacked three more ships in the Gulf of Aden, the waterway that's become the focal point of the world's fight against piracy.
Right Wing Noise Machine Wrong Again -- US Captain Rescued from Pirates -- No Reagan-Style Hostage DealNews that American Captain Richard Phillips was rescued by U.S. forces from Somali pirates must have come as something as a shock to the right-wing noise machine.
Negotiations Break Down in Standoff With PiratesNegotiations over the American captain taken hostage by Somali pirates broke down on Saturday, according to Somali officials, after American officials insisted that the pirates be arrested and a group of elders representing the pirates refused.
US hostage fails in escape bid from Somali piratesPirates have done it again. Last night the French navy freed French hostages, including infants and women, but lost the captain, husband and father. Today is a US ship and his captain Richard Phillips, from Vermont.
Why the U.S. Navy is a Second-Class Pirate-Fighter. By Noah Shachtman. April 10, 2009 | 11:04:00 AMBoth the U.S. Navy and the Somali pirates are sending in reinforcements, in their Indian Ocean showdown. And in this particular fight of destroyers vs. life rafts, put your money on the big boats.
Pirates Holding USS Alabama Captain Vow to FightNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Escalating a dramatic Indian Ocean standoff, more U.S. warships - as well as pirate reinforcements with an international gallery of hostages - rushed Friday toward the spot where four Somali bandits are holding a U.S. sea captain aboard a drifting lifeboat.
Somali pirates seize cargo ship, 21 U.S. sailorsI am back and upset that with all the press, we still see this happening. Now with US citizens. Now is the time for military action and to hold the country where the operations are based, accountable.
Seized U.S. journalists become 'hostages' in N. Korea maneuvering"The rumor was that they are being housed at one of the guest villas," said Han S. Park, a University of Georgia expert who was visiting North Korea as part of a private U.S. delegation after the women were captured.
Book Casts Harsh Light on Ex-Hostage in ColombiaIngrid Betancourt, the aristocratic Colombian politician greeted as a heroine last year after enduring years as a hostage of Marxist guerrillas, is depicted as a selfish and haughty captivity mate in a memoir by three American military contractors who were held in jungle camps al …
Escaped French prisoners take two more hostagesTwo prisoners who blasted their way out of a French prison briefly took a father and his young son hostage on Monday as they pursued their flight across the country, police sources said.
Philippine hostages make appealThree aid workers taken hostage in the Philippines have made a radio appeal for talks to secure their release. The hostages from the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) said they were unharmed and in regular contact with local ICRC officials.
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