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... the security needs of the Iraqi people." The announcement came as kidnapping and other incidents of violence continued in the country. Hensley had been taken hostage along with Eugene Armstrong, an American who was killed earlier this week, and British hostage Kenneth Bigley, whom militants have threatened to kill if ...
... by an escape bid by a group of young hostages. So did Russian special forces initiate the assault, or were they reacting to something the hostage-takers did? It's a critical question given that just hours earlier, President Vladimir Putin had said the safety of the hostages was paramount ...
... 24 insurgents who stormed the school Wednesday morning just after opening day ceremonies that included parents, teachers and students. The militants herded more than 350 hostages into the school's gymnasium and placed a sniper on every floor of the school to keep guard. Leonid Roshal, a prominent pediatrician who ...
... start of a new school year. The large celebration draws parents, teachers and students to the school for its first day. The exact number of hostages remains unclear -- estimates ranged from 132 to nearly 400 --reflecting the confusion surrounding the situation. "I was standing near the gates, music was playing ...
... major attack in the capital since the interim Iraqi government took over from U.S.-led occupiers on June 28. Meanwhile, a Filipino man taken hostage in Iraq told his family in a videotaped message he would be returning home after the Philippines agreed to withdraw its small military contingent ...
Meanwhile, three hostages were freed -- two Turkish contract workers whose employer agreed to stop doing business with the U.S. military in Iraq, and a Pakistani driver, according to officials in Islamabad. In one of Friday's strikes, insurgents used the back of a van parked next to central Baghdad ...
Iraqi militants beheaded South Korean hostage Kim Sun-il after earlier threats that he would be killed if South Korea did not withdraw troops from Iraq.
RAY SUAREZ: Rajiv Chandrasekaran, welcome. It seemed that over the last day or so, there were more optimistic noises coming out of Baghdad regarding the kidnapping of this Korean hostage. What changed suddenly in the last half-day or so? RAJIV CHANDRASEKARAN: Well, it's hard to tell exactly what ...
... According to the Associated Press, the group posted a statement on an extremist Web site saying, "In answer to what we promised ... to kill the hostage Paul Marshall (Johnson) after the period is over ... the infidel got his fair treatment". "This is so that he can taste what Muslims have ...
An al-Qaida cell in Saudi Arabia on Friday beheaded its hostage, Paul Johnson, an American contractor, after the Saudi government refused to release suspected al-Qaida members. Ray Suarez and regional experts discuss the security situation for foreign citizens in Saudi Arabia.
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