Gunmen seize bus in Athens suburb
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ATHENS, Greece - A Greek bus with 26 people aboard was hijacked Wednesday by two armed men who demanded to be taken to Athens airport and flown to Russia, police and government officials said.
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Two suspected Albanians armed with rifles and dynamite hijacked a packed passenger bus in Athens and warned they would "light the fuse" if a Thursday deadline for payment of a $1 million ransom was not met.
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Two armed hijackers released another two men from a bus in Athens in a fourth batch, bringing the total number of the released hostage to 12 , including 6 men and 6 women, police said Wednesday.
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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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ATHENS, Greece -- Two armed hijackers have surrendered and released their hostages, 18 hours after seizing a bus near Athens, Greece.
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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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The hostage crisis in Greece has ended without loss of life with the surrender of two Albanian gunmen who had been holding a group of passengers captive in a bus in the capital, Athens.
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Police take cover as they surround a bus in eastern Athens early Wednesday Dec. 15, 2004. A Greek public bus with about 27 people aboard was hijacked and shots were fired at police.
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Two armed men hijacked a bus in an Athens suburb Wednesday and are holding more than 20 people on board hostage. The hijackers are demanding a million euros in ransom and safe passage.
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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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Greek police surrounded a bus carrying  26 passengers that was seized by two armed hijackers along a  highway from an Athens suburb on Wednesday, police said.
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Plentiful buses, helpful volunteers, and efficient security have added up to 'positive surprises' in Athens.
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A Greek public bus with about 27 people aboard was hijacked Wednesday and shots were fired at police who surrounded it on the outskirts of Athens, police and bus company officials said.
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Two foreign gunmen carrying explosives have hijacked a Greek bus with 26 passengers and demanded to go to Russia, a freed hostage says.
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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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Athens - Two hijackers holding a Greek bus with about two dozen passengers aboard on Wednesday released five hostages, three women and two men.
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A hijacked bus is seen on a street some 30 kilometres north of Athens December 15, 2004. Greek police forces surrounded the bus after two armed men hijacked it early Wednesday morning with 26 passengers