Last Updated: Thursday, January 17, 2013, 14:33
Somalia`s most dangerous militant group says it has killed a French hostage that French military forces tried to rescue last weekend.
Last Updated: Sunday, January 6, 2013, 08:46
John Sheardown, a former Canadian diplomat who sheltered fugitive US Embassy staffers at his Tehran home during 1979 Iran hostage crisis has died.
Last Updated: Monday, December 24, 2012, 09:48
The Puntland government said their forces captured the Panama-flagged MV Iceberg 1, which was docked near the Gara`ad coastal village in Mudung region.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 18, 2012, 12:44
A group of girl students, who had failed their Class 12 pre-board examinations held their teachers hostage at the school in Sontoshpur for 21 hours.
Last Updated: Monday, December 17, 2012, 22:15
Aam Admi Party demanded that government take immediate "remedial actions" to safeguard the lives of 17 Indian crew members aboard a ship which was held hostage by Somali pirates earlier this year.
Last Updated: Tuesday, November 27, 2012, 16:36
A prank call was made to police department here about Simon Cowell being held hostage in his house.
Last Updated: Tuesday, November 27, 2012, 14:06
Family members of the 17 sailors, who have been held hostage by Somali pirates for the past nine months, protested outside the Shipping Ministry.
Last Updated: Thursday, September 13, 2012, 22:06
CM Oommen Chandy said the PM has responded positively to most of the demands put forward by the state, which also included immediate sanctioning of a special debt-relief package.
Last Updated: Thursday, September 13, 2012, 16:19
Giriprasad Sharma, a suspended head constable with the Police Transport Organisation, called on Director General of Police Dinesh Reddy.
Last Updated: Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 20:57
A four-hour-long `hostage` drama ended as a suspended head constable who had taken a senior police official hostage released him unharmed.
Last Updated: Saturday, August 25, 2012, 19:46
One of the 11 Lebanese hostage, Hussein Ali Omar, was reportedly released by Syrian rebels on Saturday.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 23, 2012, 23:27
The SOP has been sent in the wake of the recent abductions of district collectors (Chhatisgarh) and legislators and foreign national (Odisha), by the Maoists to demand release of their jailed cadres,
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