1 - 10 of 11 results for "hostage"

  1. 1. learning | 18 Apr 2011

    Hostage ordeal

    General news

    By Terry Fredrickson

    » The doctor held hostage and wounded in Thursday's shooting rampage has spoken of her ordeal as police opened fire.

  2. 2. news | 11 Jun 2013

    Afghan Taliban release Kyrgyz hostage

    By AFP

    » Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents say they have released a Kyrgyz hostage they seized in April after a helicopter crash-landed in a mountainous region south of Kabul.

  3. 3. news | 22 May 2013

    Father of Afghan cricket captain taken hostage

    By AFP

    » Unknown gunmen dragged the father of Afghanistan's cricket captain from his car on the outskirts of Jalalabad city and have taken him hostage, officials said on Wednesday.

  4. 4. learning | 29 Dec 2010

    hostage

    Words in the news

    By Terry Fredrickson

    » a person who is the prisoner of someone who threatens to kill them if they do not get what they want ตัวประกัน

  5. 5. news | 21 Apr 2013

    Former French hostages recount ordeal

    By AFP

    » Three members of a family of seven held hostage for two months by Islamists in West Africa recounted their ordeal on Saturday, saying the four children helped them through the suffering.

  6. 6. news | 02 Jun 2013

    Japan to give $1 bln for Sahel security, stabilisation

    By AFP

    » Japan said on Sunday it would give $1 billion in aid to help stabilise the Sahel region of Africa, months after the deaths of 10 Japanese in a hostage crisis there.

  7. 7. news | 13 May 2013

    Taliban vow to release remaining Turkish hostages

    By AFP

    » Taliban insurgent leaders pledged on Monday to release the final four Turkish engineers held hostage since their helicopter crashed in eastern Afghanistan last month.

  8. 8. news | 20 Apr 2013

    French family head for home after hostage ordeal

    By AFP

    » A French family of seven released after being held by an Islamist group in Nigeria for two months left Cameroon for France late Friday accompanied by French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius.

  9. 9. learning | 28 Dec 2010

    Thai ship and crew seized

    General news

    By Terry Fredrickson

    » Pirates seized a Thai cargo vessel in the Indian Ocean on Saturday, taking 27 Thai crew members hostage and creating a big challenge for the Royal Thai Navy.

  10. 10. news | 24 May 2013

    French troops in Niger raid, jihadists vow new attacks

    By AFP

    » French special forces and local troops raided an army base Friday in northern Niger, ending a hostage seizure by Islamist fighters who had staged twin suicide bombings that killed at least 20 people.

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