HOSTAGE Constantine Giannaris' hijack drama broadens out into a...
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The two Albanians who recently hijacked a bus in Athens probably did not know that they were re-enacting the screenplay of Constantine Giannaris' Hostage, itself based on a similar real-life incident that took ...
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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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ATHENS, Greece - There were Patriot missiles, citywide surveillance cameras, a chemical-sniffing blimp and a $1.5 billion price tag.
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Kidnappings, or child  abductions, always have been popular with local newscasts in  large part because of the emotional outpouring that accompanies  them. In scripted drama, as well, depicting some innocent  snatched and endangered evokes a more visceral response than,  say, even TV homicides, which have become increasingly  commonplace and graphic.
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MADRID, Spain -- An armed man who hijacked a Mauritanian plane to Spain's Canary Islands Thursday was overpowered by passengers and crew before he was arrested by police who boarded the plane shortly after landing, government and airline officials said.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Officials say three more people have been freed from a hijacked bus in Athens, Greece. Police are also lowering the number of passengers they think were initially on the bus.
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A Greek police force faced what The Associated Press called its &quot;first test&quot; since undergoing intensive training for this past summer&#39;s Olympics when two armed men seized a bus full of passengers Wednesday in the country&#39;s fifth such hijacking since 1999.
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ATHENS, Greece Formal charges, and an appeal for calm. They're the latest developments in the arrests of two Albanian immigrants charged with staging an 18-hour bus hijacking and hostage siege in Athens.
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ATHENS : Gunmen holding seven passengers hostage in a bus near Athens after releasing 16 in stages threatened to blow up the vehicle Thursday unless their demands for a ransom and safe conduct out of the country were met.
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Two hijackers holding a Greek public bus with more than a dozen passengers aboard have released three more hostages, bringing the total number set free so far to 10.
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A claimed motive for the hijacking of a tugboat off Somalia may have at least a droplet of truth to it.
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One rescued hostage details what happened during the 53-hour ordeal.
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A passenger left a hijacked Greek bus on Wednesday five hours after two gunmen seized the bus with 26 passengers aboard in Athens suburbs early on Wednesday, the Greek television station Mega reported.
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An armed man who hijacked a Mauritanian plane to Spain's Canary Islands Thursday was overpowered by passengers and crew before he was arrested by police who boarded the plane shortly after landing, government and airline officials said.
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At least one gunman has taken about two dozen passengers hostage on a bus in the Greek capital Athens, police say. Armed officers have surrounded the vehicle in the suburb of Marathon.
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ATHENS, Greece Formal charges, and an appeal for calm. They&#39;re the latest developments in the arrests of two Albanian immigrants charged with staging an 18-hour bus hijacking and hostage siege in Athens.
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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.