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7 45pm at the Federal Security Service officials said the kidnappers began to massacre the hostages, the special forces to attack action.

But Mr Santos said the door to peace talks was "not locked" , provided the guerrillas released hostages and ended all hostilities.

The main aim is often to get media coverage for union claims and hostages are generally released within a day.

Early today commandos had begun to enter both the Taj and Trident in groups of 15 in an attempt to rescue hostages and disarm the attackers.

Families of two of the three remaining British hostages held in Iraq for two years are deeply troubled to hear the men are likely dead.

The American hostages in Iran had been held by the Ayatollah Khomeini for almost a year.

I believe that it is a legal responsibility of any state to rescue hostages when confronted with such a situation, " said Kohona. "

Two hours later, the raid ended and hostages were brought out of the church, but it became clear that there had been many casualties.

The news said the robbers inside the bank were holding 10 hostages.

The group also said it plans to release three "surviving" Filipino hostages within the next "few days, " without elaborating.

They seemed to be warning shots, as there was no audible indication of tumult or chaos to show that the hostages were in immediate danger.

One of the hostages was foolhardy enough to try to wrest the gun from the hijackers hand.

the homecoming of the released hostages was an affecting scene; poignant grief cannot endure forever; his gratitude was simple and touching.

With chains around their necks and a camouflage sheet behind them, the hostages shown in the video looked tired and haggard.

The hostages, one of whom is believed to have been an aid worker, were taken at gunpoint from a restaurant in Niamey on Friday evening.

After shots were heard from thehostage-taker, at least four of the hostages crawled out of the back door.

As a gesture of goodwill, it released the bodies of two long-dead British hostages who had been kidnapped two years ago.

He said Sarkozy had given the order to attack after negotiations had broken down and the pirates threatened to execute the hostages.

By late afternoon, Indian commandos had freed another six hostages, who were escorted to the back of the Taj into a waiting ambulance.

Special Forces soldiers have been rescued by an attacker in the Taj Mahal hotel in the seizure of the hostages.

The bank robber just threatened to kill all the hostages if we don't give him a car in an hour.

With Mumbai as the financial gateway to India, many of the hostages that had been held at the luxury hotels were in India on business.

Pakistani troops say they've regained control of a police academy that had been taken over by gunmen, holding dozens of hostages.

As the police moved in, the hostages were running out, he said.

They were merely guests (or hostages, I came to think, uncharitably, as the night wore on) at this one, just as I was.

Junior Chinese diplomats used to be sent to serve abroad alone, partly to keep their families as hostages against defections.

Eventually five terrorists demanding safe passage out of Germany and the hostages were killed in a battle at a military airport.

With officers as hostages, there was no one left to sound an alarm.

" He ordered the special forces " ready to rescue the hostages, at the same time to maximize the protection of the safety of the hostages.

Indian security forces so far have freed at least 200 hostages at the Taj.

For Somalis, the simple fact that pirates offer jobs is enough to gain their esteem, even as hostages languish on ships for months.

A security official told Indian television that commandoes found bodies of what are believed to be terrorists and hostages in the center.

"We have to keep silent. They could be looking for hostages, " she said.

Reactions to the killing of the hostages highlighted the widening gulf between the perceptions of Colombians and those of the outside world.

For the next 52 hours, the hostages were forced to sit on the ground, denied food, water and even the right to speak to each other.

The gunman had two hostages, and the police didn't want to put them in danger, so they tried to talk him down.

I already had a sick feeling that it would the hostiles making demands and threatening or carrying out torture on the hostages.

Much took the form of a Stockholm Syndrome-like response to captivity, whereby hostages end up sympathising with their captors.

Police said they killed two attackers but three ran into a residential area, where they attempted to take hostages.

At least four of the attackers, three hostages and two commandoes were killed.

From the onset of this incident, the hostage-taker seemed to not be belligerent, as shown by the release of hostages.

The hostages were held in captivity for over 10 hours. Fortunately they were all released. . .

Contrary to earlier reports, the general said that no hostages had been taken.

In Mexico, television cameras catch hostages being taken at gunpoint into a police car, then speeding away.

The hostages were cooped up in a tiny room for two whole days.

Today the church asked for its four thousand parishioners to pray for peace in Afghanistan and a safe return of the hostages.

The homecoming of the released hostages and their reunion with their families was an affecting scene.

The president promised to do everything in his power to get all the hostages released.

The terrorists held up the train and kept the passengers as hostages.

Brown planned to use the people he had captured as hostages. The militia would not attack if there was danger of harming the prisoners.

Negotiations are often carried out in secrecy to avoid compromising the safety of hostages.

In the course of negotiations, he freed nine of the hostages, mostly children and an old man, but kept the other 15.

And that's exactly what was done when arms were sold to Iran, and those arms were swapped for hostages.

"Today we hold a standoff to free our sister hostages from the church, " explained one of the protesters, Atef Wael.

Local military said the hostages have now killed 36 people, most be beheaded died.

At the official rallies celebrating the taking of the American hostages, American and Israeli flags were burned as usual.

The Inter-Parliamentary Union says it is delighted with the recent release of two Colombian hostages kidnapped by the FARC guerrilla group.

Meanwhile, the Taliban spokesman, Ahmadi, said militants would execute all hostages if the troops recklessly carried out a storm.

The lucky British couple, who have not been named, were among nine hostages released earlier as a gesture by the gunman.

Five Bangladeshi hostages flew home on Sunday more than seven months after they were kidnapped by the Taliban in Afghanistan.

The U. S. military is evacuating American and other foreign hostages held by Islamist militants at a gas complex in Algeria.

The Colombian military had been closing in on the Farc rebels that were guarding the hostages in the southern region of Caqueta.

Keith Frazier: Who ever heard of a bank robbers escaping on a plane with fifty hostages? Why? I dont know.

Taliban spokesman says the hard-line militia killed two German hostages in Afghanistan, a report disputed by government officials.

The escape of the driver, combined with his reports that the hostages were being harmed, forced the assault to happen.

This whole event puts the hundreds of hostages currently being held in a more precarious position.

One of the four Italian hostages abducted in Iraq has been killed, the Italian foreign minister has said.

South Korea, however, has pleaded for a greater flexibility, and has sought U. S. Support for the effort to free the 21 remaining hostages.

An attempt to rescue other guerrilla hostages in 2003 had ended in disaster, when ten were killed by their captors.

Reported that the terrorists, "the release of detainees in the prisons of all Indian holy war " as the release of the hostages.

The game is to require a certain amount of time in the lower right corner of the villains come to rescue the hostages Department.

The 12-hour stand-off climaxed late Monday when the bus driver escaped through a window and Mendoza opened fire on his remaining hostages.

The force said the Somali pirates were now controlled 22 ships, taking 521 hostages.

Beijing made many promises to secure the 2008 Olympics - hostages to fortune, as it turned out, as the date approached.

Brown and his men were trapped inside the brick building. They held a few hostages whom they hoped to exchange for their freedom.

He may have deluded himself into thinking that by taking hostages he could force a prosecutor to review his earlier dismissal.

An unidentified paramilitary force infiltrates a multi-billion dollar aerospace compound, taking hostages but issuing no demands.

This was to discuss the release of FARC hostages, said Ecuador.

The gunman released nine of the hostages, including a mother and her three children, a man with diabetes, and two photographers.

So far over 15 ships and close to 400 hostages have fallen victim to this enterprise.

The official declined to give further details, citing a potential risk to the safety of the hostages in Afghanistan.

Betancourt, who holds Colombian and French citizenships, thanked France's government for recent efforts to pressure rebels to free hostages.

Who ever heard of a bank robbers escaping on a plane with fifty hostages? Why? I don't know.

By the afternoon, bodies and guests who had been held as hostages were slowly emerging from the hotel.

The making of concessions would only have emboldened the terrorists and led to more hostages being taken.

"We purposely said we would not, " she says. "We both played hostages. "

Five hostages - one woman, two children and two men - left the aircraft shortly after midday on Monday.

The hostages were taken into Sudan and later to Libya, though it remains unclear where they were finally released.

President Bush praised the work of Colombia's government to secure the safe release of the hostages.

eight U. S. servicemen are killed when an abortive mission to free the American hostages in Iran ends in disaster.

The hostages were taken into Sudan and later to Libya, though it remains unclear where they were finally released.

President Bush praised the work of Colombia's government to secure the safe release of the hostages.

Terrorism is never tolerated and all hostages should be released unconditionally and without harm.

eight U. S. servicemen are killed when an abortive mission to free the American hostages in Iran ends in disaster.

We will immediately restore all hostages and charters delivered to us by Englishmen, as sureties of the peace of faithful service.

Pirates flourish off largely lawless Somalia by attacking passing ships, taking hostages and demanding ransoms to free them and the vessels.

One of their hostages escapes and runs for help, but all hell breaks loose when she runs to the "wrong" house.

Tourists were hostages of a policeman here, Rolando Mendoza.

why the hell would I try to help you keep your hostages?

Police have surrounded the mosque and negotiations are taking place with the students for the release of the hostages, local officials said.

Police have surrounded the mosque and negotiations are taking place with the students for the release of the hostages, local officials said.

Mr Shalit's sojourn with his captors has been lengthy but past hostages in the Middle East (and in Colombia) have been held for even longer.

Nigeria's military on Wednesday freed the 19 hostages in an operation in the country's main oil-producing region, security sources told AFP.

There were conflicting reports in the Israeli media on whether the Palestinian gunmen had taken hostages.

"Her passengers, the other hostages, will never forget her calm, confident, valorous work" (William W. Bradley).

The hostages were regional legislators who had been held by the FARC for five years.

James Bond's mission is to save three hostages kidnapped by some terrorists.

He is believed to be behind numerous car bombings, kidnappings and killings of hostages.

Pakistani commando stormed the building at the army's national headquarters, freeing 39 hostages.

Armed groups and criminal gangs in the kidnapping, the general will inform his family paid a ransom to release the hostages.

Armed groups and criminal gangs in the kidnapping, the general will inform his family paid a ransom to release the hostages.

On the evening of 10th, the demonstrators released the hostages after the Ecuadorian government intervened and left the seized facility.

Scary day at Discovery Channel headquarters in Maryland today, where an armed man held hostages before being shot dead by police.

The fate of the hostages depends upon the release of the political prisoners.

doctors in moscow were reportedly not aware of what ailed the rescued hostages , which stymied their efforts to treat them.

The bullet trajectories and the hostages' wounds showed that all the victims were not kill by the hostage-taker.

Currently, four relatives of the hostages were killed or relatives have also been killed in the message.

It was not immediately clear how many hostages were killed by militants or died at the hands of Iraqi forces during the rescue attempt.

Officials say an unknown number of militants in hostages were killed in the ensuing gun battle.

When this was discovered and no redress was offered, General Bentz and other highly placed officers were taken into custody as hostages.

Note: do not firing of the hostages.

Mexican hostages are not treated well, and are liable to lose a hand if the kidnappers think the ransom payers need geeing up.

After one of the hostages was killed, the government released the two comrades as demanded.

In the late afternoon, about 10 hostages left the Oberoi, waving and looking relieved, but answering no questions.

He and several other Western hostages were seized in January after attending a festival to celebrate nomad culture.

Taliban set a fresh deadline to free prisoners of the insurgent group in exchange for the lives of 21 South Korean hostages .

Some hostages were released after lengthy negotiations, but once night fell, police commandos moved in.

10, special forces soldiers will be living the kidnappers Theater extrusion, and many have left the rescued hostages.

The railways carriages containing terrorists and hostages were two hundred yards away across an open field.

I carry the fate of the hostages with me every single day.

After 12 days of Brit-baiting and dubious confessions by the sailors that they had trespassed into Iranian waters, the hostages were freed.

The seizure of American hostages in Iran sharpened the pain of national humiliation.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon had admitted kidnapping and killing of hostages has become Mexico's most serious social problems.

The gunman released nine hostages during the afternoon -- leaving 15 inside -- and demanded his job back to free the rest.

Authorities said all hostages were released from a high school classroom in Marinette, Wis. where an armed student had held them.

Terrorists: Prevent Counter-Terrorist force from rescuing the hostages.

When it was over, the gunman and eight hostages lay dead.

The FARC still hold several hundred hostages, including a score of army and police officers and two politicians.

Last month, the group negotiated the release of two Spanish hostages for roughly $10 million.

And then tried to escape some of the hostages, the kidnappers opened fire to them.

The hostages were in a terrible situation.

South Korea, however, has pleaded for greater flexibility, and has sought U. S. Support for the effort to free the 21 remaining hostages.

Tom asked. Another fanatical religious faction has taken hostages at the embassy.

There were repeated attempts by black-clad Indian commandos to take the hotels and free the hostages.

It is not just the politicians, the hostages or even the terrorists of the future who benefit from memorizing poetry young.

The terrorists have yielded two hostages to the police.

The rescue team brought out all hostages without a skinned ankle.

The freeing of Ingrid Betancourt and other guerrilla hostages is a political apotheosis for President alvaro Uribe.

They were natives whom the captain had taken as hostages on a previous trip.

Marketers and advertising agencies call the opposite of fanboys hostages.

All nine hostages died in a shootout between German police and the terrorists.

Taliban later released the remaining hostages following a complex secret deal.

His call saved the hostages' lives, and led to talks that ended the first Chechen war.

Several hostages were released as a goodwill gesture.

Unfortunately China's loose monetary policy is leaving rather too many hostages to fortune.

The Taliban originally seized 23 South Koreans , but have since killed two of the hostages and released two others.

An American teenager who took hostages in a botched bank robbery has been shot dead by police.

IBN, quoting police sources, reported hostages were taken at the both hotels.

The robbers wanted safe conduct to the airport for themselves and their hostages.

The hostages were from a village in Agusan del Sur province on Mindanao island and the local village school.

The rebels also warned that Iranians who helped the Assad government would face the same fate: they will end up "dead or as hostages. "

Iraqi militants released eight Chinese hostages .

Conflicting reports identified the hostages as British or German.

No reprisals, however bloody, upon hostages or villages deterred them.

The terrorists will only release their hostages on certain conditions.

People were relieved to learn the news that the seven kidnapped hostages had been released.

Officials have yet to disclose the fate of the two other hostages.

Obama has been informed of the American hostages had died.

Once they are, the preliminary count of 23 dead hostages seemed certain to rise, officials acknowledged.

Outlawing ransoms is neither feasible nor in the hostages' interests.

Apparently, they have a specific plan that includes the safe deposit boxes and the husband of one of their hostages.

The hostages were pawns in a political tug of war between the government and the insurgents.

He is a dealer who likes to trade hostages for money. Paying a ransom would only encourage more hostage-taking.

The security forces in Colombia say left-wing Farc rebels have shot dead four hostages.

A purported Taliban spokesman has announced a 24-hour reprieve for two dozen South Korean hostages in Afghanistan.

Negotiators are still working to secure the hostages' release.

One carried a wooden cross bearing the names of the slain hostages.

Bronson was convicted of armed robbery in 1975, then staged a one-man protest by taking hostages and assaulting guards.

Putin said that saving the lives of the hostages is the main goal.

The hostages will be seen as people who were, unfortunately, at the wrong place at the wrong time.

the have offered to release the hostages , but what do they want in exchange.

While in the clink, Dillinger used a wooden "gun" to trick the guards and take hostages.

It also shows the FARC's cynicism about the plight of its hostages.

Probably not, but you can never be too careful. We've got some high priority hostages here.

A top Korean official heads to Afghanistan on a mission to secure the release of 22 Korean hostages.

Colombia's army and air force quickly found the kidnappers and forced them to release 21 of the hostages.

With great efforts they shoot all terrorists and the hostages escape safely.

The pirate chief commanded that the hostages be shot on the spot .

Some 170 people died over four days as hostages were shot and the Taj Mahal hotel burned, while officials flapped in response.

S. forces not to act rashly, so as not to harm the hostages safe.

The time passed in different ways for different hostages.

In fact, the most common response suggested that they would support military action even if 99 of 100 hostages died as a consequence.

Xinhua People's Daily February 23, 22 Somali pirates were shot and killed four of its seizure of U. S. hostages.

He also called for the immediate and safe release of all remaining hostages in Iraq.

Police said they stormed the bus after they saw Mendoza open fire on hostages.

Police freed the hostages held by the terrorists.

the intentional targeting of civilians and the taking of hostages.

several American hostages in Colombia.

The hostages in Lebanon could easily be spirited away to Syria, or even Iran.

The terrorists have yielded two of their hostages.

We need an honest broker to negotiate with the terrorists who are holding the hostages.

He that hath= (has) wife and children hath given hostages to fortune.

French commandos have used lethal force to free hostages.

Elsewhere in the Sahel, five French hostages are still being held.

Our embassy has been seized and more than 60 American citizens, continue to be held as hostages.

The third is the fear of provoking collapsing regimes into taking European expatriates as hostages.

ed the hostages, most furor whom are women, unless the government frees a number of pro-Taleban prisoners.

Egyptian state-owned television reported the release of the hostages, which was confirmed by Italian foreign minister Franco Frattini.

A bus and two helicopters took terrorists and hostages on their way.

Hostages and hostage takers trapped by seige, and some surprising things unfold.

By 8. 40am, all the hostages at the Taj had been rescued.

He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune .

S. government official who does't pay hostages, from a country which owes us $2 trillion, telling us what to do.

He had left his whole family in France as hostages to German fury.

However, the kidnappers agreed to release from the original 75 the position of all foreign hostages retreat.

Two hostages were saved by a helicopter.

Flatbush Avenue. I got the hostages out.

Among those captured at the embassy, some were beaten or faced other forms of torture, such as mock executions, the former hostages said.

The terrorists regarded the hostages as their ace in the hole.

The hostages were obsessed by the fear of death.

He was influential in getting the hostages set free.

four suspects are carrying two hostages.

All the hostages on the plane are alive and well.

He secured the release of the hostages.

Pirates hold more than 230 hostages from several countries.

that has a wife and children, has given hostages to fortune.

After the killing of the 11 hostages, the three European governments condemned hostage-taking.

Five hostages were released last night.

"Hostages, " said Skahaz, happily.

The people inside look, to release the hostages, otherwise I use two hand grenades, killing you.

Policeman come to the rescue hostages.

Will they let the hostages go?

If they could not be found, their families were taken as hostages.

The terrorists set all of the hostages free.

If not, they will be hostages of the Peronist right and the opposition.

To everybody's relief, the hostages emerged from their ordeal unscathed.

A number of hostages were led off alive.

Hit other hostages carefully oh.

The kidnappers exacted ransoms for their hostages.

Mr Sarkozy's office said that he hoped that Mr Granda's release could help free the hostages.

Somali pirates are currently holding 18 ships, including the Feng Guo, with 383 hostages.

Can you really say that they're our hostages?

Three of the hostages got away.

The hijacker held two hostages.

Since April, the rebels have executed 23 hostages there.

The five hostages, the Holtzbergs among them, were dead.

An agreement was finally reached that freed the 12 hostages.

The hostages wept for joy on their release.

According to the International Maritime Bureau statistics, Somali pirates hijacked a now 31 ships and about 700 hostages.

According to the International Maritime Bureau, which posts live data on raids, Somali pirates hold 33 vessels and 758 hostages.