Gunmen hijack bus near Athens
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ATHENS (Greece): Greek police surrounded a bus filled with passengers that had been seized by gunmen in the Athens suburb of Marathon early on Wednesday, Greek police 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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Two gunmen who hijacked a Greek bus  carrying 26 passengers on Wednesday want to go to Athens  airport to leave the country, the head of the bus company said.
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Two gunmen thought to be Albanians hijacked a Greek bus with 26 passengers on Wednesday and demanded a $1 million ransom and a plane to fly them to Russia.
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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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A Greek bus hostage siege ended in the early hours of this morning when all 23 passengers were safely freed and two Albanian gunmen who had demanded a $1 million ransom surrendered, a police spokesman 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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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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GREEK police are involved in an armed stand-off with hijackers who have seized a passenger bus in Athens and are demanding to fly to Russia.
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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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A Greek bus carrying about 27 people was hijacked today and shots were fired at police who surrounded it on the outskirts of Athens.
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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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A bus carrying more than 20 passengers in the Greek capital of Athens was hijacked by unknown armed perpetrators earlier today. Security forces cordoned the bus and the driver, who was able to escape from
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A Greek bus hostage siege ended  peacefully on Thursday when all 23 passengers were freed and  police revealed that the two armed Albanian gunmen had been  bluffing when they threatened to blow up the bus.
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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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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 foreign gunmen hijacked a Greek bus carrying 26 passengers on Wednesday and demanded to go to Athens airport to leave the country.