Olympic training helped end siege
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Training received by police before the Olympic Games helped end the Athens bus hijacking, a minister says.
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US teams tried to rescue two Americans and a Briton held hostage in Iraq before they were killed, sources say.
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FALLUJAH: US-led forces unleashed a strike on Saturday against a building on the outskirts of Fallujah believed to be used for insurgents training, the military said in a statement.
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The operation to end the school hostage crisis in Russia is over but more than 200 people have died after troops stormed the building.
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Chinese soldiers will be given more extensive training ahead of this year's Beijing Olympics to deal with potential terrorist attacks, including nuclear and biochemical threats, state media said on Monday.
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One rescued hostage details what happened during the 53-hour ordeal.
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BRUSSELS : NATO remains on alert to protect the Olympics from extremists, even if no incidents have occurred and the perceived threat remains low as the Games move into their last few days, an official said.
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Though it's been a little shaky at times, Athens  seems ready for the Olympics
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ATHENS, Greece - A hostage standoff ended near Athens, Greece (search), seemingly without a shot fired, nearly 19 hours after two gunmen seized a bus carrying 26 people and threatened to blow it up.
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By Ingrid Stegemoeller, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Sep.
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It looked like a textbook training exercise, but there was something amiss.
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Beset by daily violence, Iraqis found some solace in their soccer team's run to the final of the Asian Games, even though it ended in defeat on Friday. For many fans, just getting that far was a triumph over adversity.
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By Scheherezade Faramarzi, Associated Press, 9/14/2004 07:48. TAL AFAR, Iraq  US and Iraqi forces allowed civilians to return to Tal Afar on Tuesday, signaling an end to a siege of the northern city that
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BESLAN, Russia  - Up to 100 bodies were seen lying  in a Russian school gymnasium after troops stormed the building  to end a two-day siege, a British ITV News reporter said  Friday.
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Greek police disclosed Thursday that they received a bomb threat before the Olympic Games' opening ceremony, but chose not to evacuate the stadium. The threat turned out to be a hoax, like more than 80 other bomb threats that kept officials busy during the games.
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GERAKAS, Greece: A dramatic 19-hour hostage siege on board a bus in Athens ended without bloodshed yesterday after two Albanian gunmen freed the last of their 23 hostages and surrendered.
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A POLICE siege of a building in The Hague where suspected terrorists have been holed up since yesterday had ended with two people &quot;possibly&quot; arrested, the ANP news agency reported.