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Pakistan Hostage Crisis Ends

Captors described as local criminals, not al-Qaeda or Taliban

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 28, 2008 1:05 PM CST

(Newser) – A hostage situation in northwest Pakistan ended peacefully today after gunmen took at least 30 schoolchildren and teachers captive, CNN reports. The hostages were released unharmed and their captors were handed over to a court of tribal elders. Earlier reports said that up to 250... Read full story »

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