Nigeria's MEND will keep its four hostages captive over Christmas
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The four men, three Italians and one Lebanese, taken hostage December 7 in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria will not be released for Christmas, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), which is holding them said.
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Kidnappers who have threatened to kill three UN workers in Afghanistan have agreed to give the Government until Tuesday to find and release 26 Taliban prisoners, a spokesman for the kidnappers said.
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BAGHDAD -- Kidnappers seized six Egyptians and four Iraqis working for the country's mobile phone company, authorities said yesterday, and Muslim leaders in Britain announced plans to send negotiators to Baghdad in hopes of winning the release of hostage Kenneth Bigley.
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One of four foreigners kidnapped last week during an attack on oil installation in southern Nigeria that all the hostages are &quot;fine&quot;.
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Taliban-linked militants holding three U.N. hostages claimed Wednesday the Afghan government has agreed to free some of their jailed comrades to prevent the killing of the foreign captives.
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South Korean officials and Taleban militants are to hold talks on the release of 19 hostages, officials say.
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Â· Child hostage in Nigeria in 'good health' say police Â· Plan to swap girl for father rejected by officials
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Iraqi kidnappers of seven employees of a Kuwaiti company said in a video statement on Thursday they would release the captives once their employer halted operations in Iraq, Al Arabiya television reported.
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The drama of foreign oil workers kidnapped for ransom in restive southern Nigeria plays out so often that it seems the hostage takers, the oil giants and the army follow a script &#151; one that usually ends peacefully with the captives released unharmed.
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A prominent armed group in the Niger Delta known for kidnapping foreign oil workers has called a one-day ceasefire for Christmas, a statement from the group's spokesman said Saturday.
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The Iraqi government said it would release one of the female prisoners whose freedom is being demanded by Islamic militant kidnappers who are threatening to kill a third Western hostage.
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Hostage takers in Nigeria's restive oil region have released an American oil worker captive, police said Sunday.
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Kidnappers of three U.N. workers in  Afghanistan said on Thursday they expect the government to  release 26 Taliban prisoners in exchange for their hostages  before the Muslim Eid festival this weekend.
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Foreign Minister Alexander Downer says the Government will provide any help it can to secure the release of CARE International&#39;s director in Iraq, Margaret Hassan, who was taken hostage in Baghdad this week.
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Nigerian kidnappers released a 3-year-old British girl on Sunday after holding her for four days, and no ransom was paid, according to Nigerian police sources close to the investigation.
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Nigerian kidnappers have released all 24  Filipino seamen they had been holding captive in the creeks of  the oil-producing Niger Delta since January 20, the men's  employer, German shipping firm Baco-Liner, said on Tuesday.
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A group of 24 Filipino seamen held hostage in Nigeria's oil-rich Delta region are freed after weeks in captivity.