Athens bus hijackers surrender, release all remaining hostages
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Two armed men who hijacked a public bus and threatened to blow it up surrendered just after midnight Wednesday and released their six remaining hostages, ending an 18-hour standoff.
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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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A Greek bus hostage siege ended today when all 23 passengers were safely freed and two Albanian gunmen who had demanded a $1 million ransom surrendered, a police spokeswoman said.
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ATHENS, Dec 15  - Gunmen who commandeered a bus near Athens and demanded a ransom and safe conduct out of the country released four men and one woman Wednesday, police said, bringing to 17 the total number of passengers set free.
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Gunmen who hijacked an Athens bus and held its passengers hostage are being questioned by Greek police after giving themselves up.
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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 Greek commuter bus carrying 25 passengers has been hijacked by two gunmen on the outskirts of Athens, the state-run Athens News Agency reported.
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Gunmen who held dozens of hostages inside a Venezuelan bank for more than a day fled in an ambulance but were caught Tuesday along a roadside, where they surrendered and freed their last five captives.
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Two armed men who hijacked a bus in the Greek capital and threatened to blow it up surrendered just after midnight Thursday local time and released their six remaining hostages.
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Two gunmen who hijacked a bus and threatened to blow it up released the six remaining hostages and surrendered shortly after midnight Wednesday, report agencies.
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A group of 24 Filipino hostages kidnapped more than three weeks ago have been freed, a spokesman for Baco-Liner, their employer, said Tuesday.
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Two gunmen who hijacked a bus and threatened to blow it up surrendered just after midnight Wednesdayand released six of the remaining hostages.
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A handful of people were still being held hostage by two armed, masked men who hijacked a bus near the Greek capital and were threatening to blow it up.
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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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BAGHDAD -- Kidnappers in Iraq freed seven hostages yesterday, releasing two female Italian aid workers who were abducted from their home three weeks ago, two of the women's Iraqi colleagues and three Egyptian employees of a local cell phone company.
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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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By Marco Aquino ANDAHUAYLAS, Peru  - An armed group of ex-militarynationalists released their hostages and surrendered onTuesday, four days after seizing a police station and part of aPeruvian town to demand the president's resignation.