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Rawalpindi man arrested over holding own family as hostage
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Rawalpindi [Pakistan], Dec 30 (ANI): A Pakistani man, who had taken at least 20 members of his own family hostage in Rawalpindi, has been arrested by the authorities on Saturday.
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Questions raised on Pakistan's 'real' power
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 26 (ANI): The real catastrophe of Pakistan is the "cynical use of Islamist extremism" by the country's security establishment to hold democracy "hostage" and to provoke the insecurity it needs to maintain its grip on power, said experts.
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Lebanon's Saad Hariri to leave Saudi Arabia
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Nov 18 (ANI): Saad Hariri, who recently sparked a crisis by resigning as Lebanese prime minister, has denied claims that he is being held hostage in Saudi Arabia and said that he was on the way to the airport.
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Man arrested after hostage situation at Nuneaton bowling alley
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Nuneaton [UK], Oct 23 (ANI): Police have arrested a man following a hostage situation reported at a bowling alley in Nuneaton.
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Hostage situation in Warwickshire not related to terrorism: Police
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom] Oct 22 (ANI): Warwickshire Police is dealing with a hostage situation in Nuneaton area on Sunday but clarified that the incident is not connected to terrorism.
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Family held hostage by Taliban group freed after 5 years
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Oct 12 (ANI): An American woman, her Canadian husband and their three young children, who were captive since 2012 by the Taliban-affiliated Haqqani network, were freed in a joint operation involving the US. intelligence and the Pakistani forces.
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Iran can't hold 'world hostage' with nuclear deal: Nikki Ha
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [D.C.] August 16 (ANI): United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has said that Iran cannot be allowed to use the nuclear deal to hold the world hostage.
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Taliban release 235 hostages in northern Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mazar-i-Sharif [Afghanistan], Aug 8 (ANI): At least 235 hostages were rescued from the Taliban in northern Sar-e-Pul province of Afghanistan on Tuesday.
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Opposition temporarily prevents Sushma from speaking on Mosul hostage cris
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): The Opposition on Wednesday temporarily prevented Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj from giving a statement on the ongoing Indian hostage crisis in Mosul, Iraq.
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Ahead of Iraq visit, V. K. Singh expresses hope to trace 39 Indian hostage
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): Before leaving for Iraq to trace 39 Indians held captive by terror group ISIS in Mosul since 2014, Minister of State for External Affairs V. K. Singh has expressed hope to bring the Indian hostage safely back to the country.
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V K Singh to visit Iraq for locating 39 missing Indians
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI):Union Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh will travel to Erbil,Iraq, later on Monday to locate and bring back the 39 Indians reportedly kept in Mosul as hostages of the ISIS.
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Al-Qaeda releases Swedish hostage held in Mali since 2011
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], June 27 (ANI): Johan Gustafsson, a Swedish national who was held hostage by al-Qaeda in Mali since 2011, has been released.
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