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Saturday, November 21, 2009 3:12 AM

Hostage

Type: Keyphrase

Name: Hostage

First Reported 7 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 10 Documents

British hostages say pirates will kill them

A British couple kidnapped from their yacht in October by pirates pleaded for their life in a video broadcast on Britain's Channel 4 Friday, warning that their captors were running out of patience and could kill them if no ransom is paid.The Somali pirates ... [CNN - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Hostage, Seychelles, Somalia

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 3 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Al Qaeda

Tribal sheikhs continue mediation with kidnappers of Japanese architect

) YEMEN - An agreement was made Thursday by a mediation committee, consisting of the Sheikh of Arhab and sheikhs of the surrounding areas, and the kidnappers tribe, for the release of the Japanese hostage, Takeo Mashimo, who was kidnapped last Sunday ... [Yemen Observer - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Hostage, Al Qaeda, International Cooperation, Iraq, Imam Samudra

First Reported 11 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 3 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Dangerous seas

Why have the world's most advanced navies failed to end piracy in the seas around Somalia?The BBC's Middle East correspondent Paul Wood reports from the EU anti-piracy taskforce flagship, Evertsen, in the Gulf of Aden.The Dutch frigate Evertsen is a reassuring ... [BBC - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Somalia, Piracy, Aden, Firepower

First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 2 Documents

Images: The NSG chief who led from the front

The elite National Security Guard was under pressure to use gas to neutralise the heavily armed Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorists during the Mumbai terror attacks last year, but the idea was shot down for fear of repeat of another Russian theatre disaster.J ... [rediff.com - 12 hours ago]

Entities: National Security Guard, Hostage, Terrorists, Jyoti Krishna Dutt

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

United Nations

UK 'finds Lebanon hostage body'

Mr Collett was 64 when he was kidnapped at gunpoint Human remains have been found by a team searching for a British journalist kidnapped by Palestinian militants more than 20 years ago in Lebanon.The Foreign Office confirmed British experts excavating ... [BBC - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Lebanon, Hostage, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Pale..., United Nations

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

Freed Kiwi hostage heads back to Iraq

THERE AND BACK: Harmeet Sooden has returned to Iraq, four years after he was kidnapped by the Swords of Righteousness Brigade.Relevant offersTeen sailor celebrates equator crossing Karzai sworn in as Afghan leader Pilot ditches in sea Official ... [Sunday Star Times - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Iraq, Hostage, Peace Movement

First Reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 2 Documents

Paul Krugman

Wayward on their carry concern?

MY WORKING theory of the Obama administration's recent deficit tough talk has been that the powers that be believe any new, deficit-funded stimulative measure would be impossible to get through Congress without some nod toward reining in the growing debt. ... [The Economist - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Paul Krugman, Hostage, Obama Administration

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

TV Review: HBO’s “Terror In Mumbai” (Six Stars out of Five..)

There’s the cliched phrase: “It’s like watching a train wreck.” In “Terror in Mumbai,” which airs tonight 8 pm ET/PT on HBO, you get to see what no documentary has shown before: a “360 degree view” of a multi-pronged terrorist act, seen partly and ... [The Moderate Voice - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Terrorists, Mumbai, Home Box Office Inc, Pakistan

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Double hijack for Danish ship

BRUSSELS, Nov 18 - Pirates off Somalia attacked Wednesday a Danish container ship, already hijacked once, but were scared off by a security contingent aboard, the EU naval mission in the region said.The US-flagged Maersk Alabama came under attack from ... [CapitalFM - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Maersk Alabama, Maersk Line Ltd, Richard Phillips, Djibouti, Containership

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Dan Reed: Terror in Mumbai -- One Year Later

The cell phone line is crystal clear; the man's tone is casual, wearily offhand, like someone discussing menu options in a late-night restaurant. "Rumali rakne ne? Ke maarne eh?" ["Do you want to keep the hostages? Or kill them?"] The caller, ... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Mumbai, Terrorists, Chabad House

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Yemen abduction talks drag on

THE ASAHI SHIMBUNPrintShare ArticleSANAA, Yemen--Negotiations over the release of a Japanese engineer and his Yemeni driver, taken hostage by tribesmen near here Sunday, apparently continued Wednesday, although local authorities had said the two men were ... [Asahi.com - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Yemen, Asahi Shimbun, Sanaa

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Intellectual Property Rights)

Freed cargo ship escapes pirates

Nairobi/London - A container ship captured by Somali pirates earlier this year and at the centre of a hostage drama narrowly escaped being captured by pirates for a second time on Wednesday, the European Union's anti-piracy mission off Somalia said.The ... [IOL - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Somalia, Maersk Alabama, Piracy, Hostage, MV MAERSK ALABAMA

Quotes

...government has refused to pay the ransom demand or negotiate with the pirates, who are reportedly holding the Chandlers somewhere in Somalia. "The government will not make substantive concessions for hostage takers, including the payments of ransom" according to the BritishBritish ForeignForeign and Commonwealth Office's official statement

British hostages say pirates will kill them [CNN - 1 hour ago]

Priya said the LTTE held her hostage because what it really wanted was her 25-year-old brother or 23-year-old sister. "If anyone of them joined the LTTE, I would have been released" she said. After the LTTE was defeated, the Army brought Priya to the Punnthottam Rehabilitation Center in Vavuniya and she stayed there for about three...

Sri Lanka former child soldiers' college [Xinhua News Agency - 1 hour ago]

The Foreign Office says it is aware of the film. 'Any such video will be distressing for the family,' it said in a statement. "The UKUK Government's policy is clear: we do not make substantive concessions to hostage takers, including the payment of ransoms. These are innocent tourists. We seek the immediate release of Paul and Rachel." Pirates have plagued the busy shipping lanes off the coast of Somalia for several years

UK hostages fear they will die soon [ONE News - 4 hours ago]

More Content

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British hostages say pirates will kill them [CNN - 1 hour ago]
Asia and the West in the Age of Obama [Zaman - 1 hour ago]
Sri Lanka former child soldiers' college [Xinhua News Agency - 1 hour ago]
The Following of Nutters Gabfest [Slate Magazine - 2 hours ago]
Analyzing the State Department report [Sri Lanka Daily News - 2 hours ago]
The Political Gabfest for Nov. 20, 2009. [Slate Magazine - 3 hours ago]
Political: Iran Demands U.S. Release Assets [Forex TV - 4 hours ago]
Kidnapped Britons warn Somali captors 'losing p... [Yahoo! Canada - 4 hours ago]
When hostage crisis hit, safety plan worked [New York State United Teachers - 4 hours ago]
Kidnapped Britons: we could be dead in a week [Times Online - 4 hours ago]
UK hostages fear they will die soon [ONE News - 4 hours ago]
British hostages warn Somali pirates losing pat... [Reuters Africa - 4 hours ago]
Build a future based on empowering individuals,... [The Hill - 5 hours ago]
Britons warn Somali captors 'losing patience' [AFP via Yahoo! - 5 hours ago]
Dangerous seas [BBC - 5 hours ago]
Britons kidnapped by pirates interviewed (AAP) [Yahoo! News Australia - 6 hours ago]
British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates 'cou... [Guardian.co.uk - 6 hours ago]
Paul And Rachel Chandler, Kidnapped Britons, Sa... [The Huffington Post \| Full News Feed - 6 hours ago]
UK couple kidnapped by Somali pirates fear for ... [Trend News Agency - 6 hours ago]
Kidnapped British couple fear they could be killed [Telegraph - 6 hours ago]
Kidnapped British couple make video plea [Guardian.co.uk - 6 hours ago]
Trying KSM [The National Interest - 6 hours ago]
'Torture, killings rife' in Yemen [News24.com - 6 hours ago]
Kidnapped British yacht couple fear they could ... [Telegraph - 6 hours ago]
Can Somali pirates be defeated? [BBC - 6 hours ago]
Ivan Yates: "Short-term gombeen politics c... [Politics.ie - 6 hours ago]
Wayward on their carry concern? [The Economist - 7 hours ago]
CST security: No mean task [Hindu Business Line - 7 hours ago]

Blogs

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Obama and Afghanistan: It’s Hard to Decide on a... [Firedoglake - 3 hours ago] (photo by Marco Vossen) White House press secretary Robert Gibbs told Reuters (via TPM) today that it will be at least another week — in other words, after Thanksgiving ...
Robert David Jaffee: The Insanity of the Insani... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 6 hours ago] At the end of the Charles Bronson film, 10 to Midnight, a serial killer, who has just been apprehended, reverts to a variation of the same plea uttered ...
Everything You Need to Know in Order to Watch J... [Gawker - 7 hours ago] Quick, get to a TV! General Hospital starts at 3pm and you don't want to miss a minute of Hollywood A-lister James Franco's historic role on the show. Here's a little ...
Wayward on their carry concern? [Free exchange - 7 hours ago] MY WORKING theory of the Obama administration's recent deficit tough talk has been that the powers that be believe any new, deficit-funded stimulative measure would ...
What the U.S. Long Bond Market Is Telling Us... [J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All ... - 9 hours ago] Paul Krugman reads the tea leaves in what looks like the best piece of economic analysis I have read this month. When we do the things we do well, this is the ...

Audio/Video

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Freed Spanish boat in Seychelles [Reuters Video: Top News - 13 hours ago]
Police: Looking for Alleged Hostage Takers [Associated Press - YouTube - 11/18/2009]
Raw Video: Hostages Run From Florida Store [Associated Press - YouTube - 11/18/2009]
Pirates free Spanish ship [CNN International - YouTube - 11/18/2009]
Pirates free Spanish ship [CNN.com - Video - 11/18/2009]

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