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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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Colombia Prez: Rebels Don't Have Hostage's Love Child

DNA to determine if boy is orphan in custody

Jan 2, 08 10:29 AM CST
(Newser) - Relatives of FARC hostage Clara Rojas yesterday underwent DNA testing to determine whether a boy surrendered to a Bogota orphanage 2 years ago is her 3-year-old son, as Colombian president Alvaro Uribe contends. Uribe yesterday said FARC rebels couldn't release Emmanuel Rojas, along with his mother and another hostage, as... More »

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Colombia • political prisoner • FARC • Hugo Chávez • Alvaro Uribe • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia • Clara Rojas • Emmanuel Rojas • love child • hostage

Colombian Rescue Deal Collapses

Hostages stuck in jungle; guerrillas, army blame each other

Jan 1, 08 4:18 AM CST
(Newser) - A Venezuela-brokered deal to rescue three hostages from Colombian rebels has fallen apart, Reuters reports. The leftist FARC rebels blamed the deal's failure on stepped-up Colombian army operations in the area and refused to relinquish hostages "due to fear for their safety and the safety of members involved in... More »

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

Colombia Hostage
Rescue Stalls

Director Oliver Stone joins operation
in push for freedom

Dec 30, 07 7:00 AM CST
(Newser) - An expected hostage release negotiated by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez with Colombian leftist rebels failed to materialize yesterday, setting the stage for a more dramatic event today as Latin American politicians and diplomats—and Hollywood film director Oliver Stone—joined rescuers and officials waiting for the rebels' next move, reports... More »

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Venezuela • Colombia • Red Cross • FARC • Hugo Chávez • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia • hostage

Mission Begins to Rescue Hostages
in Colombia

Chavez sends choppers into jungle

Dec 29, 07 9:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Helicopters sent by Venezuela's Hugo Chavez to rescue hostages from Colombian rebels have landed at the edge of a Colombian wilderness and are awaiting a go-ahead from the rebels, the BBC reports. Guerrillas plan to release two women, seized more than five years ago, and a young boy fathered in... More »

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Venezuela • Colombia • Oliver Stone • FARC • Hugo Chávez • Alvaro Uribe • hostage

Hostages Could Be Free in Hours: Chávez

Ready to get Colombian captives, including boy born in jungle

Dec 27, 07 5:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez said today that three of the hostages being held by the Colombian rebel group FARC could be freed within hours. Chávez has received permission from the Colombian government to enter its airspace and retrieve the captives. The captives who might be freed will not... More »

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Venezuela • Colombia • FARC • Ingrid Betancourt • hostage

Venezuela
To Pick Up Hostages
in Colombia

Guerrillas will release under Chavez plan

Dec 26, 07 5:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Three hostages held for more than five years by Marxist guerrillas will soon go free after Colombia agreed today to a handover plan engineered by Hugo Chavez, Reuters reports. Venezuelan planes and helicopters will pick up Clara Rojas, a former vice presidential candidate kidnapped in 2002; the young son she... More »

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Venezuela • kidnapping • Colombia • FARC • Hugo Chávez • Revolutionary Armed Forces • Clara Rojas • hostage

Clinton Hostage Suspect Very, Very, Very Sorry

Deeply self-critical
open letter says he'll 'never forgive myself'

Dec 16, 07 7:43 PM CST
(Newser) - The "crazy man with the bomb" charged with holding hostage workers at Hillary Clinton's New Hampshire headquarters released a passionately worded apology, reports the AP. A keenly remorseful Leeland Eisenberg wrote that "I want to fully and sincerely acknowledge the fear, pains, and lasting effects my senseless actions... More »

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Hillary Clinton • New Hampshire • kidnapping • letters • apology • Leeland Eisenberg • hostage

Hillary Hostage Suspect Claims Priest Abuse

Long-troubled man faced divorce, domestic violence charges

Dec 1, 07 6:08 AM CST
(Newser) - Leeland Eisenberg's problems began long before he seized five hostages yesterday in a New Hampshire campaign office of Hillary Clinton. In 2002, Eisenberg filed a lawsuit charging that a Catholic priest had sexually abused him when he was 21 years old, homeless, and emotionally vulnerable, ABC News reports. The accused... More »

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Hillary Clinton • New Hampshire • priest • priest sex abuse • Leeland Eisenberg • hostage

UPDATED

Hostage Taker in Custody

Police arrest man who holed up in Clinton office in NH

Nov 30, 07 5:26 PM CST
(Newser) - The hostage situation at Hillary Clinton's Rochester, NH, campaign office ended peacefully after six hours this evening when a local man identified as Leeland Eisenberg surrendered to police. The final hostage left the building moments before the hostage-taker, who knelt on the ground and was handcuffed and bundled into a... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Rochester, NH • hostage

Man May Still Hold Clinton Staffer Hostage

Candidate is out of state; Obama, Edwards offices were evacuated

Nov 30, 07 2:25 PM CST
(Newser) - An armed man is believed to have one remaining hostage today at Hillary Clinton's campaign office in Rochester, NH, after releasing three people, including a child, WMUR reports. Said one freed hostage, “He opened his coat and showed us a bomb strapped to his chest with duct tape."... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Rochester, NH • hostage

Yank Hostages Still Alive Years After Kidnap
in Colombia

Seized tapes shows Americans & French pol

Nov 30, 07 4:39 AM CST
(Newser) - American hostages and a French-Colombian politician are apparently still alive in South America years after they were kidnapped by Marxist rebels, according to dramatic tapes just released by the Colombian government. Three American security contractors whose plane went down in 2003 are seen looking haggard against a jungle backdrop. Politician... More »

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Colombia • FARC • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia • hostage

Chavez Freezes Out Colombia

Puts brakes on bilateral ties over talks with  rebels

Nov 26, 07 4:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Venezuela's volatile President Hugo Chavez says he is freezing ties with neighboring Colombia, insulted by Bogota's decision to ditch Chavez as a negotiator with Marxist guerrillas who have been holding hostages for years. Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe accused Chavez of favoring the rebels and overstepping his authority. Chavez called the... More »

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Venezuela • Nicolas Sarkozy • Colombia • FARC • Hugo Chávez • Alvaro Uribe • Manuel Marulanda • hostage

Chavez Fired
as Hostage Mediator

Colombian prez says
he overstepped boundaries

Nov 22, 07 7:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Colombia ended Hugo Chavez's try at freeing 45 hostages from Marxist rebels today, Reuters reports. The Venezuelan prez had been brokering their release for weeks when he apparently breached protocol by talking to a Colombian general. "Can you imagine (Russia's president) calling the chairman of the U.S. chiefs... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Marxism • Colombia • Hugo Chávez • Alvaro Uribe • hostage

Germany Paid Dearly for Hostage Release

Afghan captors secure cash, cronies' freedom in risky precedent

Oct 15, 07 7:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - On one hand, the German government successfully negotiated the release of a German engineer held hostage in Afghanistan; on the other, the deal cost the Germans a hefty ransom, the release of five prisoners, and its hard line against granting terrorist demands, reports Der Spiegel. "I have purchased... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Germany • Rudolf Blechschmidt • hostage

Sarkozy Heroics Made-for-TV

President's 1993 "Human Bomb" story remade for television

Sep 25, 07 8:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the hagiography of Nicolas Sarkozy, no story looms larger than the then-mayor's 1993 negotiation with a psychotic who took children hostage at a daycare center. Now, writes the Times of London, French state television is releasing Human Bomb, a docu-fiction of the 46-hour standoff between Sarkozy and the hostage... More »

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television • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • human bomb • hostage

Monks Hold Burmese Officials Hostage

Incident ends in release as protests of fuel price hikes rage

Sep 7, 07 2:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hundreds of angry monks have released Burmese government officials they held hostage for over 5 hours yesterday, the Guardian reports, in protest of the military regime’s fuel price hikes. Reading Buddhist scriptures, nearly 500 monks burned the officials’ cars, locked them inside a monastery, and surrendered the prisoners... More »

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Asia • Burma • Buddhist monks • Buddhism • monks • hostage

Taliban Frees 4 More Captives

Last Koreans
also scheduled
for release

Aug 30, 07 10:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Taliban militants released four of their remaining seven South Korean hostages today. The two men and two women were released to Red Cross officials on a road in central Afghanistan, the AP reports. The Red Cross is on its way to pick up the three remaining hostages from the original... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • South Korea • Red Cross • Korean hostages • release • hostage

8 Korean Hostages Freed

Taliban freeing prisoners after reaching a deal with South Korea

Aug 29, 07 6:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Taliban released eight hostages today, a day after reaching a deal with the South Korean government. Three who were released earlier this morning were brought to the town of Ghazni by tribal elders—acting as mediators—then handed over to the Red Cross. South Korea has agreed to pull... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • South Korea • kidnapping • Red Cross • Korean hostages • Ghazni • release • hostage

Deal Reached on Hostages

Taliban, Seoul agree on terms, including withdrawal of troops

Aug 28, 07 8:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Talks between the Taliban and the South Korean government have resulted in the outline of a deal to release the remaining 19 hostages held in Afghanistan for over a month. The agreement involves withdrawal of Korea's 200 noncombat troops and an end to missionary activity, CNN reports, but not payment... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • South Korea • kidnapping • missionary • Korean hostages • hostage

Korean Hostage Talks Fail

Taliban says demands not met; group is considering the fate of 19 captives

Aug 18, 07 11:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the 19 remaining Korean hostages await news of their fate, negotiations to secure their release have failed, according to a Taliban spokesman. The terror group says its principal demand—the liberation of insurgents being held by coalition forces—was not met; South Korean officials have insisted Seoul has no... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • insurgents • South Korea • Seoul • kidnapping • Kabul • Korean hostages • negotiations • hostage

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