Militants hold 18 hostages in US consulate
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The US consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, has been attacked by gunmen, four guards have been killed and 18 hostages have been taken, security sources say.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces detained 20 suspected insurgents in four days of raids across Iraq, the U.S. military said Wednesday.
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Militants claiming responsibility for the kidnapping of three foreign United Nations elections workers said Monday that they had separated the hostages to prevent
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The US military has found nearly 20 houses where intelligence officers believe hostages were tortured or killed in this city, including the house with the cage
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MOSCOW -- Militants holding hundreds of hostages in a school in southern Russia freed 26 women and children yesterday as the Russian government intensified negotiations with the captors and relatives of those still inside kept an emotional vigil nearby.
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The captives included members of the U.S. Office of Strategic Services and Associated Press correspondent Joseph Morton.
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An al-Qaida-linked group said Monday it was holding captive two U.S. privates, one from Texas and the other from Oregon, and taunted the U.S. military for failing to find the soldiers despite a search involving more than 8,000 Iraqi and American troops.
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A team of kidnappers grabbed two Americans and a Briton in a dawn raid on their home on a leafy Baghdad street Thursday - a bold abduction that underlines the increasing danger
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At least one suspect took an unknown number of hostages Tuesday at the Mexican consulate, and a TV news camera later showed a man apparently being shot as he held a woman by the neck.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. and Iraqi forces secured  almost three quarters of Falluja on Wednesday, but Islamist  militants struck back, kidnapping three relatives of the prime  minister and taking 20 Iraqi soldiers hostage.
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JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia  - Militants stormed the  heavily fortified U.S. consulate in Jeddah in a brazen raid on  Monday and at least nine people died in gunbattles before  security forces regained control.
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Kidnappers released two Italian aid workers and five other hostages Tuesday, raising hopes for at least 18 foreigners still in captivity.
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Preliminary reports suggest there could be as many as 14 people captured, including four Americans
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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- An al-Qaida-linked Sunni group claimed Friday that it had kidnapped 18 government workers and soldiers in retaliation for the alleged rape of a Sunni woman by members of the Shiite-dominated police force.
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Several Iraqi militant groups have threatened to execute more than 20 hostages, including three Americans and 18 Iraqi soldiers, unless their demands are met before deadlines.
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JEDDAH - GUNMEN suspected of links to Al-Qaeda stormed the US consulate in the Saudi port of Jeddah yesterday, triggering a bloody three-hour siege that left five staff and three attackers dead.
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Los Angeles Times - BAGHDAD &#8212; Militants said Tuesday that they had beheaded a second American hostage in as many days and threatened to kill a British captive, increasing pressure on President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair to confront a recent wave of kidnappings of foreigners in the Iraqi capital.