Hostage Situations
MANILA, Philippines - President Benigno Aquino III said Manila's mayor, a recently retired police chief and journalists were among a dozen people who could be charged over last month's disastrous hostage standoff that killed eight Hong Kong tourists and damaged ties with China.
FORT STEWART, Ga. - The Army says a former soldier demanding behavioral treatment took three workers hostage at a Georgia military hospital before surrendering.
HONG KONG - Hong Kongers marched in honor of eight locals killed in a bus hijacking in Manila, denouncing the Philippine government for botching the rescue operation and demanding justice for the dead.
HONG KONG - Hong Kongers marched in honor of eight locals killed in a bus hijacking in Manila, denouncing the Philippine government for botching the rescue operation and demanding justice for the dead.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Security forces stormed an army intelligence office in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday and freed two people who had been taken hostage by escaped militant prisoners, officials said.
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- Filipino police surround bus in hostage standoff
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- Gunshots heard from hostage bus in Philippines
- Embassy official: 2 Spanish aid workers freed
- Ex-policeman in Philippines holds tourists hostage
- Palestinian who attacked Turkish Embassy captured
- Arab takes hostages at Turkish Embassy in Israel
- Israel: Palestinian with hostages at Turk Embassy
- Israel: Attacker holding hostages at Turk Embassy
- Chavez to meet with Colombia's new president
- Chavez: Colombian rebels should release hostages
- Colombian soldiers free long-held rebel hostages
- Philippine militants kill 2 more villagers
- 2 police taken hostage by Thai protesters
- Taliban wants France to arrange detainee swap
- Kyrgyz opposition clashes with police in capital
- Kyrgyz unrest threatens to spread with new rallies
- Colombia's FARC rebels release captive soldier
- French hostage freed in Mali
- Philippine Muslim rebels deny hand in jail break
- UN: 2 UN hostages freed from Darfur
- S Philippines grapples with crisis after crisis
- Gunmen free 47 hostages in Philippines
- Philippines grapples with disarming wild militia
- Filipino abductors free 10 more hostages, hold 47
- Filipino abductors free 9 more hostages, hold 48
- Officials seek release of 57 Philippine hostages
- Talks resume for release of 57 Philippine hostages
- Philippine ex-militiamen hold 57 hostages
- All children among Philippine hostages released
- Children among 60 hostages held in Philippines
- UN chief asks al-Bashir's help to free hostages
