Athens Bus Hijackers Seek Flight to Russia
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A woman hostage gets off a hijacked bus as special police forces surround it in eastern Athens Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2004. A Greek public bus with about 26 people aboard was hijacked and shots were fired at police.
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Two armed hijackers seized a bus carrying 26 passengers on a highway from an Athens suburb on Wednesday, the Reuters news agency reports.
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A man holding hostages on a bus in Athens threatens to blow it up if a ransom is not paid in the morning.
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Greek police surrounded a bus carrying  26 passengers that was seized by two armed hijackers along a  highway from an Athens suburb on Wednesday, police said.
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Two suspected Albanians armed with rifles and dynamite hijacked a packed passenger bus in Athens and warned they would "light the fuse" if a Thursday deadline for payment of a $1 million ransom was not met.
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ATHENS, Greece - Two armed men hijacked a bus carrying more than two dozen passengers early Wednesday, threatening to blow it up with explosives unless they were taken to the airport and put on planes, police and government officials said.
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Bus hijackers tonight set a Thursday morning deadline for Greek authorities to deliver a ransom of Â£740,000, threatening to blow up the vehicle and six remaining hostages if they did not receive the money.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Gunmen have seized a public bus near the Greek capital of Athens and are holding about 25 passengers hostage. Authorities have surrounded the Athens-Marathon bus that was seized early Wednesday morning, Greek police told news agencies.
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Two armed hijackers released another two men from a bus in Athens in a fourth batch, bringing the total number of the released hostage to 12 , including 6 men and 6 women, police said Wednesday.
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ATHENS: Two suspected Albanians armed with rifles and dynamite hijacked a packed Greek passenger bus in Athens and warned they would &quot;light the fuse&quot; if a this morning&#39;s deadline for payment of a $1.3 million (BD491,400) ransom and safe passage was not met
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Police take cover as they surround a bus in eastern Athens early Wednesday Dec. 15, 2004. A Greek public bus with about 27 people aboard was hijacked and shots were fired at police.
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Two foreign gunmen carrying explosives  hijacked a Greek bus with 26 passengers on Wednesday and  demanded to go to Russia, a freed hostage said.
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A Turkish airliner is reportedly hijacked in Greek airspace.
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Athens: Two gunmen thought to be Albanians hijacked a Greek bus with 23 passengers on board yesterday in Athens and demanded a 1 million euro as ransom and a plane to fly them to Russia.
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GERAKAS, Greece  - Two gunmen, thought to be Albanians, commandeered a bus with some 25 passengers on board in an Athens suburb, later releasing a total of 12 while reportedly demanding one million euros in ransom and a plane to be flown out of
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THE Greek government has appealed for calm, fearing a public backlash against immigrants living in the country following the bus hijacking by two Albanian gunmen.
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