Morgan Cohen walked into the campaign office for Hillary Clinton. He claimed to have a bomb strapped onto him. He told the five workers to go about their business, but he ordered them not to try to leave. If one of you tries to leave, he said, I will...
By Jeffrey Young Washington 03 November 2009 US diplomats held captive by Iranian militants November 4 is the 30th anniversary of the siezure, by young Iranian militants, of the U.S. embassy in Tehran. Leading up to that event, the Ayatollah Ruholla...
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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 30 August 2007 Taleban insurgents in Afghanistan freed the remaining three South Korean hostages late Thursday bringing to an end a six-week drama that saw two of the 23 original captives executed. Earlier in the day four o...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 23 August 2007 A kidnapped German engineer held hostage in Afghanistan for over a month has been shown pleading for help on Afghan TV. Efforts to free him and 19 South Koreans held by Taleban insurgents have stretched out f...
News Spotlight (1) 新闻聚光灯 The Moscow Hostage Crisis October 24 On to Russia now where a group of heavily-armed Chechen rebels is holding up to 700 theatre-goers hostage in a daring overnight...
IN THE NEWS -February 23, 2002: New US Hostage Policy By Caty Weaver Richard Boucher This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS. The United States has made changes in its po...
By Michael Kitchen Afghan kidnappers holding three foreign United Nations workers hostage say they are now considering whether to kill, hold or release their captives. The Afghan government is hopeful...
By Bill Gasperini Police say over a dozen heavily-armed men and women stormed into a school just as students and teachers entered the building on the first day of classes in the new school year. There...