Albanian hijackers are grasped, hostages are not harmed
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A Greek bus hostage siege has ended peacefully as all 23 passengers were freed and as police revealed the two armed Albanian hijackers had been bluffing when they threatened to blow up the bus.
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Two hijackers holding a Greek public bus with more than a dozen passengers aboard have released three more hostages, bringing the total number set free so far to 10.
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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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Three foreign U.N. workers held hostage  in Afghanistan were freed unharmed Tuesday, almost four weeks  after they were abducted at gunpoint on the streets of the  capital Kabul, the United Nations said.
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A &quot;9.11&quot; tragedy in Pakistani version has been averted, as security agencies arrested at least five terror suspects who were planning a major attack in the past week.
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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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The U.N. deal gives the Albanian population considerable independence, though with a dose of international supervision.
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Athens - The two armed men who hijacked a commuter bus outside Athens for over 18 hours had no explosives on them despite their threats to blow up the bus, the Greek police chief said Thursday, after the stand-off ended peacefully.
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KABUL -- Three UN workers kidnapped in Afghanistan are in the hands of criminals, not Taliban-linked militants who have threatened to kill them, an Afghan official said Wednesday.
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Two suspected Albanians armed with rifles and dynamite hijacked a packed passenger bus in Athens and warned they would &quot;light the fuse&quot; if tomorrow&#39;s deadline for payment of a $1 million (about R6 million) ransom was not met.
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - A previously unknown Islamic group claiming loyalty to a leader of al-Qaida took responsibility on Wednesday for the armed kidnapping Tuesday of two Italian aid workers.
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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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Authorities believe the suspects provided support to the three Islamic militants who were arrested yesterday, an official said.
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One of the two freed Italian aid workers said Wednesday that their abductors in Iraq taught them about Islam and reassured them they wouldn't die.
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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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Three U.N. workers abducted almost three  weeks ago in Afghanistan are probably being held by criminals  and not by a Taliban splinter group that has threatened to kill  them, the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday.
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A Greek bus hostage siege ended  peacefully on Thursday when all 23 passengers were freed and  police revealed the two armed Albanian hijackers had been  bluffing when they threatened to blow up the bus.