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 Indian Army in Gunfights 
 With Terrorists at Hotels 

American officials safe: state department

Nov 26, 08 6:06 PM CST
(Newser) - The Indian army is engaged in gunfights with terrorists at two five-star hotels and a hospital in the financial hub of Mumbai, IBNLive.com reports. The fate of hostages—media reports say Americans and Britons are being held, but details are impossible to pin down—remains unclear. The city remains... More »

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India • White House • State Department • Mumbai • terrorist attack • hostage • gunmen • grenade • Indian army

Egypt Frees 19 Tourists, Kills Kidnappers

European safari-goers released after gun battle, no ransom paid

Sep 29, 08 8:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - The European tour group kidnapped in Egypt more than a week ago has been freed, according to official reports, after a gun battle between Sudanese troops and the kidnappers. Sudanese officials said yesterday that they’d killed the leader of the kidnappers and five other bandits in a shootout. Though... More »

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Sudan • kidnapping • Egypt • tourists • hostage

 Egypt Hunts for 
 Kidnapped Tourists 

Group including Europeans, Egyptians taken into neighboring Sudan

Sep 22, 08 11:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - A group including 11 European tourists kidnapped Friday in Egypt has been taken across the southern border into neighboring Sudan, officials told the Associated Press today. The kidnappers have demanded as much as $15 million for the release of the German, Italian, and Romanian tourists and their Egyptian guides; Egypt's... More »

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kidnapping • Egypt • Sudanese • Sahara • tourists • hostage

 1M-Plus March for
 Colombian Hostages 

Cities across the globe show support for captives

Jul 20, 08 6:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - More than a million people marched in Bogota, Columbia and other world capitals today demanding the freedom of captives held hostage by leftist rebels in the Columbian jungle, AFP reports. Recently liberated captive Ingrid Betancourt led chants of "No More hostages" in Paris on Columbia's independence day, as famous... More »

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captives • Colombia • protests • FARC • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia • Ingrid Betancourt • hostage

UK Hostage in Iraq Kills Himself: Kidnappers

Captors blame Downing St. for ignoring negotiations

Jul 20, 08 3:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - One of five British hostages seized in Baghdad last year has killed himself, according to a video made by his Shi'ite captors. Seeking the release of comrades in US captivity, they blame the British government for failing to negotiate: "Foot-dragging" has hastened the captives' "psychological deterioration, pushing one... More »

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Iraq • suicide • Baghdad • kidnapping • British • Shiite militants • hostage

 Freed US Hostages
 Bare Brutal Life
 With 'Animals' 

Captives chained by the neck

Jul 11, 08 3:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Three freed American hostages who spent more than five years as captives of Colombian guerrillas paint a harrowing picture of their treatment in a CNN interview. Keith Stansell, Marc Gonsalves and Thomas Howes, rescued last week, spent much of their time in captivity chained by the neck, and were subjected... More »

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kidnapping • Colombia • rescue • FARC • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia • rebels • hostage • Keith Stansell • Marc Gonsalves • Thomas Howes

Betancourt Bares 'Soul Hell' of Captivity

Death was her  'constant companion'
in 6-year ordeal

Jul 10, 08 6:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Freed hostage Ingrid Betancourt lived in "soul hell" for years in captivity under a constant threat of death, she said in a riveting interview on CNN's Larry King Live. "I lived for nearly seven years with the awareness that death was my everyday companion," she said. "... More »

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Colombia • FARC • Ingrid Betancourt • hostage

Our Marriage May Be Over: Betancourt Hubby

Lecompte says love might have died in 6-year internment

Jul 9, 08 2:03 PM CDT
(AP) - The husband of rescued Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt says their marriage may be over. In an interview with the Bogota newspaper El Tiempo, Juan Carlos Lecompte acknowledges what many noted when the two reunited in front of TV cameras after last week's rescue—Betancourt greeted him coldly. More »

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France • marriage • Colombia • FARC • Ingrid Betancourt • hostage

 Hostages
 Captivate
 Hollywood 

Abductees, rescuers become hot properties for book, movie deals

Jul 8, 08 6:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Film projects revolving around last week’s rescue of 15 FARC prisoners are already taking shape, Variety reports. Rumors abound about rights deals and production agreements. Although not everyone is convinced that the bloodless rescue is dramatic enough material for a box office blockbuster, "it's as memorable as Entebbe,... More »

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Colombia • FARC • Ingrid Betancourt • hostage

FARC Will Punish Remaining Captives: Ex-Hostage

US contractors rescued from Colombian rebels speak to press

Jul 8, 08 10:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Speaking to the media for the first time since his rescue Wednesday, a former FARC captive warned that remaining hostages would face retribution over the escape, CNN reports. “Right now, they're being punished because we got rescued,” said US government contractor Marc Gonsalves. They’ll be made to... More »

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captives • Colombia • press conference • FARC • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia • hostage

Rebel Bomb Revenge Plot Foiled in Colombia

Explosives planned for Bogota: authorities

Jul 6, 08 8:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Colombian army seized nearly a ton of explosives near Bogota, foiling a bomb plot by the rebel group known as FARC, according to authorities. Military officials suspect a series of bomb attacks were planned across the capital in the next few days in retaliation for the recent high-profile rescue... More »

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Colombia • explosives • bomb • revenge • bomb threat • FARC • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia • Ingrid Betancourt • Bogota • hostage

Hostages Rejoice on Rescue Video

Footage shows them hugging and crying on board helicopter

Jul 4, 08 8:38 PM CDT
(AP) - Video recorded during the rescue of 15 rebel hostages shows them filing grim-faced toward the helicopter that would fly them to safety, then hugging one another and crying with joy after they are aloft and realize they are free, the AP reports. Watch the video on the MSNBC link below. More »

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Colombia • video • FARC • Ingrid Betancourt • hostage

 Betancourt Arrives in Paris 

Sarkozy welcomes freed hostage home

Jul 4, 08 11:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ingrid Betancourt returned to France today after 6 years in captivity in Colombia, CNN reports. "I have been dreaming for 7 years for this moment," the French-Colombian politician said at Villacoublay airport outside Paris. "I owe everything to France. You all shared my despair, my family's despair.... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Nicolas Sarkozy • Colombia • FARC • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia • Ingrid Betancourt • hostage

Disorganized Rebels Duped By Hostage Rescuers

'Movie-plot' op exploited reb chaos

Jul 4, 08 2:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Colombian military's daring rescue of FARC guerilla hostages relied on increasing disarray within the rebel ranks, the New York Times reports. Latin America's longest-running insurgency has suffered a near-total communications breakdown in recent months. With the command structure in chaos and rebels depending on "medieval" communications methods, the... More »

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Colombia • FARC • Manuel Marulanda • Colombian rebels • hostage

Military Doc: Contractors
In Good Condition

Freed Americans "in great spirits" at Texas military base

Jul 3, 08 9:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The three American hostages rescued after more than five years in captivity in Colombia are in good physical and psychological shape, the Washington Post reports. The defense contractors, who arrived at a military base in Texas last night, were held by Colombian rebels in “very cruel and very spartan”... More »

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contractors • Colombia • US Army • FARC • Alvaro Uribe • Ingrid Betancourt • hostage

UPDATED

 Freed Hostages Back in US 

Contractors flown to medical centers for tests, reunions

Jul 3, 08 10:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Three American hostages are back on US soil today for the first time in five years, CNN reports, after a late-night landing at an Air Force base in San Antonio, Texas. The men were taken to an Army medical center, where, after undergoing tests and debriefings, they are expected to... More »

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Colombia • FARC • security contractors • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia • hostage

Betancourt
Hails Release
as a 'Miracle'

Freed hostage praises 'perfect' operation, still wants to be president

Jul 3, 08 9:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - For Ingrid Betancourt, the French-Colombian politician freed after more than 6 years in captivity, her release yesterday was a “miracle.” Colombian soldiers, posing as NGO officials, tricked FARC rebels and rescued Betancourt and 14 other hostages without gunfire. “There is no historical precedent for such a perfect... More »

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Colombia • FARC • Alvaro Uribe • Ingrid Betancourt • guerrilla groups • hostage

Contractors' Families Prepare for Joyous Reunions

Three men expected to arrive in Texas after Colombian ordeal

Jul 2, 08 9:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - The families of three military contractors captured by Colombian rebels more than five years ago had no inkling they were about to be freed, McClatchy Newspapers reports. "It's a miracle today," said Amanda Howes, niece of Thomas Howes. Her uncle and his fellow former captives, Marc Gonsalves and... More »

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Colombia • FARC • Alvaro Uribe • Ingrid Betancourt • hostage

 'Mom, You Don't Have
 to Cry Anymore'  

Betancourt reunited with family; US contractors on their way home

Jul 2, 08 8:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ingrid Betancourt embraced her family today after six years of captivity in the Colombian jungle, the Washington Post reports. "Mom, you don't have to cry anymore," said Betancourt, one of 15 hostages freed from FARC rebels. "This is a miracle." Betancourt appeared thin but healthy at... More »

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Colombia • FARC • Alvaro Uribe • Ingrid Betancourt • hostage

 Trickery Brings Colombia 
 Hostages to Safety 

Betancourt, others freed by soldiers posing as aid workers

Jul 2, 08 5:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - A simple ruse led to the freedom of the high-profile hostages held for years by Colombia's FARC rebels, Reuters reports. Government soldiers duped guerrillas into believing they were humanitarian aid workers and offered to fly the hostages from their jungle hideaway to meet with FARC boss Alfonso Cano. Instead, they... More »

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Colombia • FARC • Alvaro Uribe • Ingrid Betancourt • hostage

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