Armed gang hold three hostage
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Two men and a woman are held hostage over night by a gang of up to 10 armed and masked men.
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Afghan kidnappers holding three foreign United Nations workers hostage say they are now considering whether to kill, hold or release their captives.
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A couple and their grandchild are taken hostage at their home in the Greater Belfast area.
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Former Atomic Kitten singer Kerry Katona  was held hostage by armed robbers, along with her husband and  baby, during a burglary at their Cheshire home in the early  hours of Monday, police said.
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Islamic militants claim they are holding three foreign election workers kidnapped Thursday from a UN vehicle in the Afghan capital of Kabul.
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Three foreigners helping to organize  Afghanistan's first presidential election were kidnapped by a  gang of armed men in Kabul on Thursday, triggering a huge  manhunt by Afghan security and international peacekeepers.
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An American, along with two Arab nationals and an Asian, were taken hostage on Monday by gunmen in Baghdad, as violence continued in Iraq.
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Afghan police say they have arrested three men over the kidnapping of a Bangladeshi aid worker.
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BELFAST -- The gang that held two bankers&#39; families hostage as part of an audacious Belfast robbery posed as police officers and walked into their victims&#39; homes, neighbours said yesterday as more details emerged of one of the biggest cash thefts in
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A heavily armed gang seized at least 120  hostages at a Russian school near Chechnya on Wednesday and  threatened to kill 50 children for every one of their group who  was killed, a senior local official said.
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Three others injured after police mistake group for armed robbers as they film a crime drama
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An armed gang that stormed a school in southern Russia may be holding as many as 1,500 hostages, far above the official figure of 350, newspapers quoted freed hostages on Friday as saying.
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Would-be robbers held about 30 people hostage inside a Venezuelan bank Tuesday amid a lengthy and tense standoff with police
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Colombia's leftist rebels said yesterday they would release three of the dozens of high-profile hostages they are holding as bargaining chips with the Colombian government
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Two people were in custody Sunday following a shootout between two groups of people that left two men dead and a third man wounded, police said Sunday.
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The kidnappers had threatened to kill Filipino Angelito Nayan, Annetta Flanigan from Northern Ireland and Kosovan woman Shqipe Hebibi unless their demands were met by Saturday night.
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Militants who say they are holding three foreigners hostage in Afghanistan say talks are about to open.