Venezuela robbers free most hostages, drive off
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ALTAGRACIA DE ORITUCO, Venezuela  - Venezuelan bank robbers carrying pistols and a hand-grenade sped away on Tuesday from a police siege in an ambulance with a handful of hostages after a deal that freed tens of other captives in a two-day standoff.
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Two hostages freed by Colombian rebels arrive in Venezuela, bringing an end to years of captivity.
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An armed group of ex-military nationalists released their hostages and surrendered on Tuesday, four days after seizing a police station and part of a Peruvian town to demand the president's resignation.
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Thirty heavily armed gunmen ambushed a van carrying one of Central America's top drug kingpins on Monday, freeing him in a brazen assault as he was en route to stand trial.
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Two Venezuelan helicopters and their crews waited in central Colombia Saturday morning for directions as to where in the jungle to fly to pick up three hostages being freed by leftist rebels.
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Two women hostages flown out of Colombian jungle and heading home, says Venezuelan president
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President Hugo ChÃ¡vez of Venezuela announced Thursday that Colombian guerrillas had freed two high-profile hostages from captivity.
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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 armed men who hijacked a bus carrying two dozen passengers in Athens yesterday, and threatened to blow it up freed their remaining hostages last night and surrendered to police.
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Two men kidnapped by as many as 40 bandits at a Mexican hunting ranch near the U.S. border were released unharmed Wednesday, but three others remained missing, authorities said.
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After freeing two hostages, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia is thought to still hold more than 700 others.
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Fears mount of bloody end to standoff in which armed robbers hold 30 hostages
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Armed robbers who took six people hostage at a bank south of Paris are led away by police at gunpoint.
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Hijackers who took as many as 26 people hostage on a commuter bus on the outskirts of Athens surrendered early today and all the captives have been freed, Greek police said.
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Bank robbers have escaped with several million pounds after employees were taken hostage at their homes, security sources have said.
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A Kuwaiti company with seven truck drivers held captive in Iraq said Wednesday that they have been freed by their captors. &quot;We just got custody of the drivers,&quot; Rana Abu Zaineh, a spokeswoman
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All Royal Dutch Shell contractors kidnapped in Nigeria this week have been freed by their captors, a company spokeswoman said on Wednesday.