Robbers refuse to give up hostages in Venezuela siege
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ALTAGRACIA DE ORITUCO, Venezuela  - Four robbers with pistols refused to give up about 30 hostages, including a pregnant woman and children, on Tuesday in a standoff with hundreds of heavily-armed police at a bank in central Venezuela.
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Venezuela has started a rescue operation in Colombia to secure the release of two hostages held by leftist rebels, an official said on Thursday, after a similar effort led by President Hugo Chavez collapsed last year.
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ARACAS, Venezuela, Aug. 18 - After demanding an audit of voting results upon failing to oust President Hugo Chávez in a recall referendum, representatives of Venezuela&#39;s opposition movement said Wednesday that they would refuse to ...
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Marxist Colombian rebels kept three hostages waiting to be released on Monday as leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez worried that more delays could derail the hand-over he had negotiated with the guerrillas.
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LIMA, Peru  - An armed group which took over a  police station in southern Peru and killed four officers to  demand the resignation of unpopular President Alejandro Toledo  will not surrender on Monday as planned, its leader said.
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Afghan officials denied Tuesday that they struck a deal with kidnappers who released three foreign U.N. workers unharmed in Kabul.
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Efforts at freeing hostages held by Colombian rebels were stalled over the weekend after a guerrilla leader said he would not attend talks in neighboring Venezuela aimed at clinching a prisoner exchange.
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An armed gang who fled with hostages after freeing 30 people held at a bank in Venezuela are captured.
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Fears mount of bloody end to standoff in which armed robbers hold 30 hostages
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Authorities insisted they won&#39;t give in to militants&#39; demands to free female Iraqi prisoners despite the broadcast of a videotape that showed
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LIMA, Peru  - An armed group that took over apolice station in southern Peru on New Year's Day and killedfour officers will not surrender at midday as planned, itsleader Antauro Humala told Reuters Monday.
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The British and Iraqi governments said on Thursday they would not bow to the demands of militants threatening to kill a British captive, despite a video message from the hostage pleading for his life.
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The leader of an armed nationalist group that violently seized a remote Peruvian police station, taking 10 officers hostage and allegedly killing four others, said Monday the group would not turn over its weapons as promised because the government violated the terms of surrender.
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The government will not permit future international missions to win the release of rebel-held hostages after an effort led by Venezuela last month failed to retrieve three captives, Colombia's foreign minister said Monday.
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Before the hostages were released, the fighters inside rebuffed several offers, including safe passage out of the city.
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The Lebanese guerrillas admit they can't return to the south but defiantly reject calls to disarm.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's political backing for Colombia's Marxist guerrillas will make it harder to secure a deal to release dozens of hostages held by rebel leaders, the Colombian government said.