Venezuelan hostage gang captured
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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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SAN JOSE DEL GUAVIARE, Colombia  - With tears, smiles and long hugs, two women hostages were freed by Colombia's Marxist rebels on Thursday after years in the jungle, raising hopes for dozens more languishing in secret camps.
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ALTAGRACIA DE ORITUCO, Venezuela  - Armed Venezuelan bank robbers fled in an ambulance with a handful of hostages from a police siege in a deal that freed dozens of other captives on Tuesday after a two-day standoff.
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Gunmen seized several hostages from an Italian oil supply vessel off the coast of southern Nigeria, security officials said Wednesday.
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Italian police say they have broken up a gang suspected of kidnapping illegal immigrants and holding them for ransom.
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Would-be robbers took eight people hostage in a bank south of Paris on Tuesday, but all were released unharmed during several hours of negotiations with authorities, and the gunmen were arrested, police said.
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Two helicopters sent by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez landed in Colombia Friday on a delicate mission to pluck three hostages from the rebel-held jungle.
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Gunmen who held more than 30 hostages inside a Venezuelan bank for over 24 hours negotiated their getaway in an ambulance Tuesday and sped off with five captives, leaving the others inside
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A group of 24 Filipino hostages kidnapped more than three weeks ago have been freed, a spokesman for Baco-Liner, their employer, said Tuesday.
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A gang held the families of two  Northern Ireland bank officials hostage for 24 hours before  stealing about 20 million pounds ($39 million) in one of  Britain's biggest robberies, police said on Tuesday.
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BOGOTA, Colombia, Jan. 10 -- Two women held captive by Colombian rebels for most of this decade were handed over to the Venezuelan government Thursday, triggering euphoria among their friends and family and raising hopes that other hostages could soon be released.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuela said on Thursday  it was ready to arrest Colombian rebels found hiding in its  territory as Bogota and Caracas tried to end a stand-off over  the seizure of a Marxist guerrilla leader in Venezuela's  capital.
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Two boys who hold Italian citizenship have been kidnapped along with their Venezuelan mother in the South American country, the Italian Embassy said Friday.
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Â· Rebels release pair in deal with Venezuelan president  Â· Mother will meet son born in jungle captivity
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An Italian volunteer worker kidnapped earlier by an unidentified group in the southern Philippines has been released, the Philippine military said Wednesday.
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A gang held the families of two  Northern Ireland bank officials hostage for 24 hours before  stealing more than 20 million pounds ($39 million) in one of  Britain's biggest ever robberies, police said on Tuesday.
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Colombian authorities say they have arrested one of the country's most notorious kidnappers.