Post office hostage-taker sentenced to 40 years
6 foreign hostages freed in Cameroon
YAOUNDE, Cameroon — Six foreigners who were kidnapped off the coast of Cameroon in early September have been released, a government spokesman said Thursday.
In harrowing book, freed hostage details horror
3 French employees kidnapped from ship off Nigeria
France’s Sarkozy calls Niger kidnappings worrying
French minister in Mali amid hostage standoff
French minister heads to Mali amid hostage crisis
Al-Qaida claims kidnapping of 5 French in Niger
French soldiers hunt for abducted workers in Niger
7 people, including 5 French, kidnapped in Niger
Philippines says police might have shot hostages
Army: Ex-soldier takes 3 hospital workers hostage
Colo. woman held by escapee talks about experience
Police: Discovery gunman shot; 3 hostages safe
Discovery gunman shot by police, 3 hostages safe
Hong Kong police inspect Manila hostage bus
80,000 in Hong Kong protest Philippine bus tragedy
Weeping family buries hostage-taker in Philippines
Philippine leader vows punishment in bus hijack
Bodies, survivors of Manila hijack drama head home
Al-Qaida group says hostage demands were met
China anger after 8 tourists die on hijacked bus
Spanish hostages freed by al-Qaida arrive in Spain
2 Spanish hostages land in Burkina Faso
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Two Spanish nationals kidnapped nearly nine months ago by an al-Qaida-linked group stepped out of a helicopter to freedom in Burkina Faso’s capital Monday where they were greeted by diplomats.
9 killed on hijacked Philippine tourist bus
8 killed on hijacked Philippine tourist bus
Spanish NGO: kidnapped aid workers free
MADRID — A Spanish relief organization has confirmed that two of its workers kidnapped in Mauritania in November have been released.
Al-Qaida group frees 2 Spanish in Mali
BAMAKO, Mali — Two Spanish aid workers kidnapped almost nine months ago by an al-Qaida affiliate have been set free, Spain’s prime minister said Monday, ending a hostage drama that involved several nations.
Embassy official: 2 Spanish hostages freed
France declares war against al-Qaida
PARIS — France has declared war on al-Qaida, and matched its fighting words with a first attack on a base camp of the terror network’s North African branch, after the terror network killed a French aid worker it took hostage in April.
2 German aid workers abducted in Sudan set free
France announces war against al-Qaida
PARIS — France has declared war on al-Qaida, and matched its fighting words with a first attack on a base camp of the terror network’s North African branch, after the terror network killed a French aid worker it took hostage in April.
Sarkozy: French aid worker executed in Africa
Betancourt says she won’t sue Colombia government
Nigeria navy says pirates released foreign sailors
Somali pirate cook saves hostages, then disappears
4th hostage found in Colombian jungle after raid
Calif. hostage standoff ends with man shot dead
1-year-old held hostage in Sacramento appears OK
Armed man holds 15-month-old hostage in Sacramento
Armed man in Sacramento holds 1-year-old hostage
Armed suspect barricaded inside Calif. apartment
Al-Qaida offshoot grows in the desert
GAO, Mali — Dozens of Malian troops rush through the sweltering desert, yell war cries and open fire, spitting hundreds of bullets from rifles and machine guns. It’s all part of a training session — run by the United States.
Attackers strike sect mosques in Pakistan; 80 dead
Kidnappers release 2 American hostages in Yemen
Al-Qaida group says it abducted Frenchman in Niger
Somali militants to stop piracy, free hostages
Somali Islamists vow to stop piracy, free hostages
Somali militants push toward pirate stronghold
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