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# Hostage

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Offensive letters, sexual assault and murder: The man who held a Sydney café hostage
Three gunmen in Belgian siege 'taken outside with their hands in the air'
Australian commuters offer to accompany Muslims to work if they don't feel safe
Al Qaida threatens to kill US hostage and mocks 'foolish' rescue attempt
Captured British journalist warns of "another Vietnam" in war with Islamic State
Wife of British taxi driver captured by Islamic State pleads with captors to release him
Kidnapped Fijian peacekeepers "will be released soon"
French mum reunited with two-year-old daughter taken by alleged jihadi father in October
US hostage released in Syria after two years
James Foley wrote a letter to his family while in captivity and it's beautiful
Militants seize Saddam's hometown, set sights on Baghdad
Gun-toting fake postman tricks family, takes them hostage
Portugal restaurant siege ends with officer, gunman dead
Three kidnapped Red Cross staffers are 'free and safe'
Garda negotiators called to Galway home after a man barricaded himself inside
Austrian poacher dies in fire after killing three police officers and a paramedic
France vows: Mali hostage death will not 'go unpunished'
Gunmen kidnap two foreign tourists in Yemen
Student accidentally shot dead by police while aiming for burglar
'Brave' five-year-old safe after week-long hostage ordeal
Algeria: Irish hostage Stephen McFaul returns home to family
Algeria hostage 'arrives home to Ireland'
Death toll climbs past 80 in siege in Algerian hostage crisis
Algeria: 18 killed - including seven hostages - in 'final assault'
Algerians still pursuing 'terrorists' at gas field: Cameron
The Evening Fix… now with added hovering DeLorean
Irish hostage: Algeria troops surround Islamist hostage-takers
Irish citizen among oil-workers kidnapped from BP plant in Algeria
Captors kill hostage in Somalia during French raid
Four shot dead in hostage situation in Aurora, Colorado
Man takes at least one person hostage in Pittsburgh office building
F16s escort plane to Schiphol after 'hijacking' mix-up
Updated: Gunman taken by police after hostage stand-off at school
Interview: ‘I just survived’ – ex-Beirut hostage John McCarthy on his ordeal
Michael Freeman
Man held four people hostage in Tipperary pharmacy
Al-Qaeda releases video of American hostage
US citizen released by Iraqi captors