Hostage negotiators&#39; worst nightmare
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A NEW breed of kidnappers, described as &#39;strategic terrorists&#39;, in Iraq has led experts with experience of negotiating hostage releases to admit that lessons from the past may no longer apply.
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Taliban rebels in Afghanistan warned that talks to secure the release of 23 South Korean hostages were &quot;not going well&quot; and reiterated their threat to kill them by sunset.
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Iraqi colleagues of the kidnapped aid worker Margaret Hassan are deeply worried that Tony Blair&#39;s repeated pledges to save her may be putting her life in more danger.
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The Italian government launched a desperate bid to free two kidnapped woman humanitarian aid workers yesterday as a grim deadline set by terrorists for their execution drew agonizingly closer.
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Kidnapped aid worker Margaret Hassan pleaded for her life in a tearful videotape Friday, saying she feared facing the same fate as British hostage Kenneth
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BESLAN, Russia - A respected pediatrician negotiated through the night to end a standoff with militants who threatened to blow up a school they seized 24 hours before with about 350 hostages, including children, trapped inside.    Crowds of distraught relatives and townspeople waited helplessly for news of their loved ones as the crisis entered its second day Thursday with no sign of a resolution...
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Many contracting executives are so concerned about the safety of employees that they refuse to speak publicly on the topic. Privately, they say that the risk of kidnapping impairs their operations severely.
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IRELAND last night made Kenneth Bigley an Irish citizen in a desperate attempt to secure his release from his terrorist captors and end the hostage&#39;s 19-day ordeal.
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The kidnappers of Margaret Hassan have threatened to hand her over to Ken Bigley&#39;s killers if their demands are not met within 48 hours.
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One Iraqi doctor tells how she and colleagues have to cope with medical shortages, lack of equipment and a constant kidnap threat.
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On Saturday, it is 100 days since Georges Malbrunot was taken hostage, and I still feel the rage I felt on the first day. The pain of Georges&#39; parents and brother is impossible to measure, the suffering of his fiancÃ©e unimaginable.
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Chances are, field crews  working on most reality shows don&#39;t continually put their lives  -- or their subjects&#39; -- in as much danger as the people behind  MSNBC&#39;s documentary series &quot;Lockup.&quot;
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A fresh deadline passed tonight for the end of negotiations with a group threatening to kill a Northern Irish UN worker and two of her colleagues held hostage in Afghanistan.
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The family of a British engineer held hostage in Iraq made a final desperate appeal to his captors to &quot;be merciful&quot;, as hopes for his safe release started to fade.
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Kidnappers threatening to kill three foreign UN workers in Afghanistan complained yesterday that the government had yet to free 26 Taliban
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Kabul, Afghanistan -- The kidnapping of three foreign election workers has raised fears that an Iraq-style hostage crisis may be about to engulf the country.
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The family of Iraq hostage Margaret Hassan faced an anxious wait today after her kidnappers threatened to hand her over to murderous Abu Musab al-Zarqawi if their demands were not met within 48 hours.