Insurgents seize more hostages
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An Iraqi group calling itself Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq Brigades has claimed to have abducted 10 employees from an &quot;American-Turkish&quot; company operating in Iraq.
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Gunmen have invaded an oilfield control  station operated by Royal Dutch Shell in Nigeria's Bayelsa  state and are holding several soldiers and oil workers hostage,  security and industry sources said on Friday.
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Pro-Taleban rebels abduct 12 soldiers in a new raid in north-west Pakistan, where scores more are being held.
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BAGHDAD -- Insurgents are now using unwitting kidnap victims as bombers -- seizing them, booby-trapping their cars without their knowledge, then releasing them only to blow up the vehicles by remote control, the Defense Ministry warned yesterday.
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Militants piled more pressure on the United States&#39; military allies in Iraq on Thursday, seizing a Polish woman and holding a Japanese man under death threat.
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Four more people have been abducted in  the Niger Delta, authorities said on Monday, underscoring  insecurity in Nigeria&#39;s oil-producing region hours after a  3-year-old British girl was freed by her kidnappers.
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Iraq&#39;s hostage crisis continued unabated yesterday, with one group of insurgents claiming that it had killed 11 Iraqi national guardsmen, another saying it had abducted
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Twenty-four Filipino hostages shuddered as dozens of armed Nigerian militants danced around them. The hostages are being held as part of a wider rebel campaign over Nigeria's distribution of oil wealth. In an exclusive report, the hostages tell CNN's Jeff Koinange they are OK. The rebel leader says this is just the beginning of their battle.
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Iraqi insurgents yesterday kidnapped an American and up to five others in an audacious attack on a house in western Baghdad. An interior ministry source told the Guardian the militants approached the villa
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Hijackers have released two more of the around 24 hostages they are holding after seizing a bus in an Athens suburb, bringing the total freed to 12.
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Militants piled more pressure on  Washington's military allies in Iraq on Thursday, seizing a  Polish woman and holding a Japanese man under threat of death.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Kidnappers released two female Italian aid workers and five other hostages Tuesday, raising hopes for at least 18 foreigners still in captivity. But insurgents showed no sign of easing their blood-soaked campaign against the U.S...
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Kidnappers armed with AK-47&#39;s and rocket-propelled grenades stormed an office in western Baghdad on Monday, overpowering the armed guards and capturing four
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Baghdad - Rebels mounted fresh attacks in Iraq and kidnappers have seized an American-Lebanese contractor and four Jordanian drivers.
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THE Arab news network Al-Jazeera showed footage today of 10 new hostages seized in Iraq by militants. Al-Jazeera said the 10, including six Iraqis, two Lebanese and two Indonesian women, were taken by The Islamic Army in Iraq.
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Iraq&#39;s hostage crisis continued Thursday, with one group of insurgents saying it had killed 11 Iraqi national guardsmen, another saying it had kidnapped a Polish worker
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The Nigerian army has sent more troops to drive militants from an oil plant they have occupied since they abducted 27 people there at the weekend, a military officer said Tuesday.