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    Colombian President Seeks Support After Rebels Kill Ten Hostages

    May 06, 2003 05:53 PM EDT

    ... and three U.S. defense contractors -- all reportedly held in camps well ensconced within Colombia's dense jungles. The rebels have sought to exchange the hostages for jailed guerrillas, a demand the Catholic Church and family members of the hostages have pressed Uribe to accept. On Monday night, Uribe said ...

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    Nigerian Oil Workers Agree to Release 100 Foreign Hostages

    May 02, 2003 10:50 PM EDT

    The hostages, including 17 Americans, are employees of Transocean, the world's largest offshore oil drilling contractor. "Everybody is expected to be moving home from this evening depending on logistics," Joseph Akinlaja, deputy president of the Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC), told reporters. Some hostages may already have been released, according ...

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    Gas Killed 115 Hostages in Moscow, Doctors Say

    Oct 27, 2002 09:33 PM EDT

    Andrei Seltsovsky, chairman of the health committee of the city of Moscow, told a news conference that 115 hostages perished from "The effects of the gas exposure." Officials would not say what the gas was, but compared it to anaesthetic. Security analysts surmised that it was probably a fast-acting ...

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    Chechen Rebels Hold Hundreds Hostage in Russia

    Oct 24, 2002 05:35 PM EDT

    ... hostages or blow up the building if Russia did not agree to pull its troops out of the breakaway republic of Chechnya, press reports said. Hostage Maria Shkolnikova told Reuters via cell phone that explosives had been laid in passageways, on seats and were attached to hostages themselves. The Qatar ...

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    Russia Hostage Crisis

    Oct 24, 2002 04:00 AM EDT

    DIMITRI SIMES: Yes but the initiative is in the hands of hostage takers and my concern is that some of the hostages may try to escape. That may become a trigger for the real disaster. As you know, President Bush today became first foreign leader who called President Putin and ...

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    U.S. Hostage Killed in Raid in the Philippines

    Jun 07, 2002 09:48 PM EDT

    ... Burnhams, missionaries from Kansas, were kidnapped last May from a resort where they were celebrating their 18th wedding anniversary. The guerrillas also captured 18 other hostages, many of whom were released for ransom. Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo offered sympathy to the Burnham and Yap families. "This has been a ...

  • News Wrap: Apparent anti-Trump message etched into National Mall

    News Wrap: Apparent anti-Trump message etched into National Mall

    Jun 11, 2026 10:45 PM EDT

    In our news wrap Thursday, the Interior Department is investigating what appears to be an anti-Trump message etched into the grass of the National Mall in Washington, severe storms in the Midwest are disrupting travel and the gunman who killed Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband pleaded ...

  • Man pleads guilty to killing a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband while posing as an officer

    Man pleads guilty to killing a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband while posing as an officer

    Jun 11, 2026 07:16 PM EDT

    ... with lights flashing to the legislators' homes. As his federal defense attorney questioned him about his actions, including whether he pressed a gun to Melissa Hortman’s head and fired, Boelter repeatedly said a simple “yes." The Hortman family's golden retriever was so gravely injured that it had to ...

  • Feds won't seek death penalty in plea deal with man accused of killing Minnesota lawmaker

    Feds won't seek death penalty in plea deal with man accused of killing Minnesota lawmaker

    Jun 11, 2026 12:02 AM EDT

    ... not immediately respond to an email seeking comment. The court filing did not detail the terms of the plea agreement. Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, and state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette Hoffman, were shot by a man who came to their ...

  • Palestinian man with Israeli citizenship opens fire in central Israel, killing 1 and wounding 5

    Palestinian man with Israeli citizenship opens fire in central Israel, killing 1 and wounding 5

    Jun 07, 2026 10:13 PM EDT

    ... are aimed at militants, but scores of civilians have also been killed. The Oct. 7 attack killed around 1,200 people and took 251 as hostages. Israel’s ensuing offensive in Gaza has killed more than 72,000 Palestinians, including combatants and civilians, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. The ...