Two armed men hijack bus outside Athens
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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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PARIS, Dec 15  - The hijacking of a bus with 25 passengers on board in an Athens suburb early Wednesday by two gunmen reportedly demanding one million euros in ransom is the latest in a number of such attacks around the world over recent years.
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A Greek bus hostage siege ended  peacefully on Thursday when all 23 passengers were freed and  police revealed the two armed Albanian hijackers had been  bluffing when they threatened to blow up the bus.
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A female hostage leaves the bus hijacked by two armed men, thought to be Albanians, just before 6 a.m. yesterday.
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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 Albanian gunmen who hijacked a  packed Greek bus and threatened to blow it up turned out to be  bluffing because they did not have any explosives, Greek police  chief George Angelakos said on Thursday.
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Both armed hijackers, who threatened to kill the captives and blow the bus up, have surrendered. The two men, believed to be Albanians, exited the bus with their hands on the heads after throwing two shotguns out of the driverâs door.
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Hijackers who took as many as 26 people hostage on a commuter bus on the outskirts of Athens released five of the captives. Police are in negotiations to free the remaining hostages, a spokeswoman said.
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Greek police surrounded a bus full of  passengers seized by armed hijackers along a highway from an  Athens suburb Wednesday, police said.
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Two armed men who hijacked a public bus and threatened to blow it up surrendered just after midnight Wednesday and released their six remaining hostages, ending an 18-hour standoff.
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A Greek bus carrying about 27 people was hijacked today and shots were fired at police who surrounded it on the outskirts of Athens.
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Authorities have surrounded a bus filled with passengers that had been seized by gunmen in the Athens suburb of Marathon, Greek police said.
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Two gunmen who hijacked a Greek bus  carrying 26 passengers on Wednesday want to go to Athens  airport to leave the country, the head of the bus company said.
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ATHENS -- Two armed Albanian hijackers surrendered and released their hostages early today, 18 hours after seizing a bus in an Athens suburb and threatening to blow it up if authorities did not pay a ransom.
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Two suspected Albanians armed with rifles and dynamite hijacked a packed passenger bus in Athens and warned they would &quot;light the fuse&quot; if tomorrow&#39;s deadline for payment of a $1 million (about R6 million) ransom was not met.
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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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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.