Athens bus hijackers purportedly open to negotiations
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A hostage aboard a public bus in Greece says hijackers promise to release everyone once they arrive at a nearby airport for a flight to Russia.
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Threats by hooded gunmen and torched   buses have not yet derailed Spain's planned peace talks with   ETA, but may show the Basque separatist guerrilla group's   patience is beginning to wear thin.
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ATHENS, Greece - Two armed men hijacked a bus carrying more than two dozen passengers early Wednesday, threatening to blow it up with explosives unless they were taken to the airport and put on planes, police and government officials said.
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The armed Basque separatist group Eta says it is ready to enter dialogue with the Spanish government.
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Two Albanian hijackers who held 23 passengers hostage on an Athens bus apologized to the Greek people in court Monday, saying it was a "stupid act," a judicial source said.
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A passenger was seen leaving a hijacked Greek bus Wednesday five hours after two foreign gunmen seized the vehicle carrying 26 passenger in an Athens suburb, a Reuters correspondent at the scene said.
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A bus was hijacked today and shots were fired at police who surrounded it on the outskirts of Athens. Police did not know how many passengers were aboard the bus.
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Spain&#39;s banned Batasuna party, widely considered the political mouthpiece of the armed Basque separatist group Eta, offered last night to open a process of negotiations and dialogue to achieve peace in the Basque country.
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The government asked its citizens not to retaliate against immigrants Thursday, a day after two Albanian gunmen hijacked a bus. The 18-hour standoff near Athens ended peacefully early Thursday after police
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TWO armed hijackers have released the six remaining hostages being held on a bus near Athens. The gunmen - thought to be Albanians - left the bus after throwing out their rifle, pistol and a sack of grenades, the Greek Net television station reported.
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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.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Two armed hijackers have surrendered and released their hostages, 18 hours after seizing a bus near Athens, Greece.
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ATHENS, Greece - Two Albanian immigrants were charged Thursday with multiple counts of kidnapping and attempted murder following an 18-hour bus hijacking and hostage drama that ended peacefully, and the government appealed for Greeks not to strike back at
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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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A spokesman for a militant group holding three UN workers hostage says negotiations are under way for their release. The Taliban splinter group says it&#39;s speaking with Afghan and UN officials.
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Two gunmen thought to be Albanians  hijacked a Greek bus with 24 passengers on Wednesday and  demanded a $1 million ransom and a plane to fly them to Russia.
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Two Albanian hijackers who held 23  passengers hostage on an Athens bus apologized to the Greek  people in court Monday, saying it was a "stupid act," a  judicial source said.