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Philippines captures Abu Sayyaf founder
AFP, Published on 29/07/2012
» MANILA : Philippine authorities have arrested a founding member of the Al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group blamed for carrying out or helping some of the worst terror attacks in the region, security officials said on Sunday.
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Algerian crisis ends, hostages dead
Published on 20/01/2013
» ALGIERS - Algerian special forces stormed a natural gas complex in the Sahara desert on Saturday to end a standoff with Islamist extremists that left at least 19 hostages and 29 militants dead.
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UK vows 'in-or-out' EU referendum
AFP, Published on 24/01/2013
» LONDON - Prime Minister David Cameron promised Wednesday to give British people a choice on EU membership, sparking immediate criticism from his main European partners.
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Ransom of $97,750 paid for freed Australian hostage
AFP, Published on 23/03/2013
» Islamic militants in the lawless southern Philippines were paid US$97,750 for the release of Warren Rodwell, a negotiator said after the Australian survived 15 months in captivity before rowing to safety.
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N.Korea slams South for talks failure
AFP, Published on 13/06/2013
» North Korea on Thursday accused South Korea of deliberately sabotaging planned high-level talks with "arrogant obstructions" and warned that prospects for any future dialogue had been severely damaged.
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Wise words of ex-con end rubber impasse
News, Published on 13/09/2013
» Atop coordinator of the recent rubber farmer protest in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Iad Seng-iad entered the monkhood on Wednesday to fulfil his promise to do so once the demonstration ended peacefully.
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VDOs search for " hostage negotiation "
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Police on alert amid hostage drama in south Taiwan
By Reuters
Posted at 12/02/2015 Clip length 00:35
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French journalists arrive home after Syria hostage ordeal
AFP, Published on 20/04/2014
» Four French journalists taken hostage in Syria were reunited with family and colleagues on Sunday in an emotional homecoming after 10 months in captivity during which they were chained together and held in dingy basements.
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Nigeria ex-president Obasanjo holds talks to free schoolgirls
AFP, Published on 27/05/2014
» Nigeria's former president Olusegun Obasanjo has met with people close to Boko Haram in an attempt to broker the release of more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls, a source close to the talks told AFP on Tuesday.
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Amazon entices authors as fight with Hachette drags on
AFP, Published on 09/07/2014
» SAN FRANCISCO - Amazon wants to put money in authors' pockets while the online retail titan battles with Hachette over terms of selling books handled by the publishing powerhouse.
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Fiji says UN negotiating demands with hostage takers
AFP, Published on 02/09/2014
» Fiji revealed for the first time Tuesday the demands being made by Al-Qaeda-linked Syria rebels who took more than 40 UN peacekeepers hostage in the Golan Heights last week.
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