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Spain Speeds to Save
Pirate Hostages

Fishing boat is latest target of Somali brigands

Apr 21, 08 9:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Spanish naval frigate is steaming to the waters off Somalia to rescue crew members of a tuna boat seized by pirates, reports the BBC. The boat was grabbed just days after French commandos freed hostages from a luxury yacht comandeered by Somali pirates. The tuna boat's 26 crew members... More »

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Somalia • Spain • pirates • ransom • fishing boat • hostage

Somali Pirates Free
French Yacht Hostages

No word on whether ransom changed hands

Apr 11, 08 11:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Somali pirates have freed the crew members of the French yacht they commandeered last week, AFP reports. All 30 hostages, including 22 French nationals, were handed over “without incident” in a deal negotiated by the military, Nicolas Sarkozy said. More »

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Somalia • France • Yemen • pirates • yachts • hostage

 Sarko: Betancourt Near Death 

French president renews call for FARC ro release hostage

Apr 1, 08 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nicolas Sarkozy today reiterated his call for FARC to free hostage Ingrid Betancourt, saying the Colombian-French politician is "in danger of imminent death," Reuters reports. After 6 years in the rebel guerrillas' custody, Betancourt reportedly began a hunger strike Feb. 23. "Free Ingrid Betancourt and the weakest... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Colombia • FARC • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia • Ingrid Betancourt • hunger strike • Colombian rebels • guerrilla groups • hostage

 Israeli Hostage Alive: Hamas 

Offer to avoid civilian targets

Mar 31, 08 7:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is alive, Hamas leader Khalid Meshaal tells Britain's Sky News. "Gilad is alive and we are treating him well but Israel is treating the Palestinian prisoners they hold very badly,"  he said in an interview in Damascus, offering the first word in almost... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • West Bank • Gilad Shalit • Khaled Meshaal • hostage

Colombia Offers Swap: Hostages for Prisoners

FARC must release ailing Betancourt for deal to go through

Mar 28, 08 10:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - After more than 6 years in captivity, Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt will go free if FARC agrees to a deal Alvaro Uribe signed off on last night, the Guardian reports. The Colombian president issued a decree saying the country will release imprisoned rebel fighters in exchange for Betancourt, a onetime... More »

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Colombia • guerrilla • FARC • Alvaro Uribe • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia • Ingrid Betancourt • guerrilla groups • Luis Carlos Restrepo • hostage

Colombia:
FARC Was
After Uranium

Ecuador cuts ties, says slain rebel leader was key in hostage deal

Mar 4, 08 11:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Colombia has accused Ecuador and Venezuela of cooperating with FARC guerrillas who were trying to buy uranium, the BBC reports, even as Ecuador cut ties with Colombia and Venezuela expelled its diplomats. “FARC is taking big steps in the world of terrorism to become a global aggressor,” said... More »

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Venezuela • Colombia • Ecuador • guerilla • uranium • FARC • Hugo Chávez • Alvaro Uribe • Ingrid Betancourt • Raul Reyes • Rafael Correa • diplomatic ties • hostage

FARC Hostage Near Death
in Jungle

Former presidential candidate gravely ill, says released captive

Feb 28, 08 8:21 PM CST
(Newser) - A high-profile hostage still held by Colombian rebels is near death because of mistreatment and a lack of medicine, a former fellow captive said today. Ingrid Betancourt, seized by FARC rebels six years ago while campaigning for the presidency, is sick with hepatitis and liver problems, says Luis Eladio Perez,... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • Colombia • FARC • Hugo Chávez • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia • Ingrid Betancourt • jungle • Luis Eladio Perez • hostage

FARC Rebels Free 4 Hostages

Prisoners were politicians, who had been held for more than 6 years

Feb 27, 08 2:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Colombian FARC rebels today set free four former Colombian legislators who had been held hostage for more than six years. The deal was brokered by Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, and three of the four will fly to Caracas to speak with him. The fourth is in poor health and may... More »

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Venezuela • Colombia • FARC • Hugo Chávez • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia • Colombian legislators • hostage

British Hostage Appears on
Arab Television

One of 5 missing
since May asks for prisoner exchange

Feb 27, 08 10:27 AM CST
(Newser) - One of the five British men kidnapped in Baghdad eight months ago appeared on Arab television last night, begging Prime Minister Gordon Brown to free nine Iraqi prisoners in exchange for the Britons. “Release their people so that we can go home. It’s as simple as that,"... More »

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Iraq • Mahdi Army • Nouri al-Maliki • David Petraeus • Gordon Brown • kidnapping • Peter Moore • Garda-World • Bearing Point • Muqtada al-Sadr • al-Arabiya • al-Jazeera • hostage

Radical London Cleric Will Face NY Terror Trial

'Hook' linked to 1998 Yemen attacks; preached martyrdom

Feb 7, 08 5:47 PM CST
(Newser) - Radical Islamic cleric Abu Hamza, known to FBI agents as “hook” because of his metal hand, will be sent to New York to face terrorism charges, ABC News reports. British officials said today they plan to extradite within 28 days the former leader of a London mosque, who faces... More »

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terrorism • London • New York • trial • Yemen • extradition • radical cleric • Abu Hamza al Masri • hostage

Colombia's FARC to Free 3 More Hostages

Health reasons, Chavez's diplomatic role cited in release

Feb 3, 08 1:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Colombia’s FARC rebel group will release three lawmakers for health reasons after more than 6 years in captivity, the BBC reports. Taking a pointed side in the dispute between Hugo Chavez and Colombian president Alvaro Uribe, the rebels said in a statement to local media that they were releasing... More »

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Colombia • FARC • Hugo Chávez • Alvaro Uribe • Luis Eladio Perez • Gloria Polanco • Orlando Beltran • hostage

UPDATED

Chicago Cops Seek Killer of 5

Alleged killer fled after robbing Lane Bryant store

Feb 2, 08 2:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Police are searching for a stocky black man who reportedly shot five women dead in a Chicago mall burglary this morning, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Police surrounded the Tinley Park mall after shots were reported at a Lane Bryant store just before 11 a.m. “There is no question... More »

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Chicago • police • Target • mall shooting • shooting • hostage

Pakistan Hostage Crisis Ends

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

Jan 28, 08 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 students and teachers were held,... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • hostage

Afghans Search for Abducted American

Taliban remains silent as police hunt for missing aid worker

Jan 27, 08 10:04 AM CST
(Newser) - Afghan police are searching for an American aid worker and her driver kidnapped yesterday in Kandahar. Police have tightened security in the southern city, AFP reports, blocking traffic and questioning Afghans in the area where Cyd Mizell was seized. Nobody has claimed responsibility; a Taliban spokesman refused to say whether... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • kidnapping • Kandahar • aid workers • Cyd Mizell • hostage

Letters Bare Misery of Colombian Captives

Remaining hostages reveal life chained by neck and suffering from jungle fevers

Jan 17, 08 9:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Eight captives left behind with Colombian rebels describe a miserable existence chained by the neck and suffering excruciating diseases in letters carried out last week by two freed hostages. One weakened captive, a police officer, describes "dragging myself " through the jungle "with only my arms because I... More »

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Venezuela • Colombia • FARC • Hugo Chávez • hostage

Colombian Hostage Reunited
With Son

Rojas meets child rebels took from her

Jan 14, 08 4:50 AM CST
(Newser) - A Colombian woman held captive for nearly six years by rebels was reunited yesterday with the son she had as a hostage. Clara Rojas' baby, Emmanuel, fathered by one of the rebels, was taken from her when he was just eight months old, suffering from a broken arm and a... More »

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Latin America • Colombia • FARC • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia • Ingrid Betancourt • jungle • Clara Rojas • Emmanuel Rojas • hostage

UPDATED

Colombian Hostages
Joyfully Return to Families

Chavez receives pair at presidential palace

Jan 10, 08 9:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Two freed hostages are back with their families tonight after years of captivity in the Colombian jungle, CNN reports. "We are being reborn!" said Clara Rojas as she was reunited with her elderly mother in Venezuela. "This is like living again," said her fellow former hostage,... More »

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Venezuela • Colombia • Hugo Chávez • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia • Clara Rojas • Consuelo Gonzalez • hostage

2 Colombian Hostages Freed

Red Cross helicopters carrying pair to Caracas

Jan 10, 08 11:21 AM CST
(Newser) - Colombian rebels have released two women hostages, Hugo Chavez said in a press conference today, as Red Cross helicopters were flying the freed Colombians to Caracas. The women, both held in the jungle for years, are Consuelo Gonzalez, a politician, and Clara Rojas, an aide to former presidential candidate Ingrid... More »

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FARC • Hugo Chávez • Ingrid Betancourt • Clara Rojas • Emmanuel Rojas • Consuelo Gonzalez • Bogota • hostage

Director Rips Bush in Colombia Hostage Drama

Rescue undermined
by US, says Stone

Jan 7, 08 3:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Maverick Hollywood director Oliver Stone had a front-row seat on the scene of the failed hostage rescue mission in Colombia last month—and has returned blaming that nation's government and President Bush. "Shame on Bush,” Stone told the Guardian. Colombian rebels reneged on a deal to free two... More »

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Latin America • United States • Colombia • Oliver Stone • FARC • Hugo Chávez • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia • George W. Bush • hostage

Rebels Admit They Don't Have Hostage Boy

Farc captive to have been freed in deal was in Bogota foster home

Jan 5, 08 6:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Rebels in Colombia have acknowledged that the 3-year-old boy in foster care in Bogota is Emmanuel, the son of one of the hostages they are holding and the focus of a much-publicized release that fell through last week. Farc rebels had announced the release of Emmanuel, his mother Clara Rojas,... More »

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Colombia • FARC • Hugo Chávez • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia • hostage

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