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Saudi-Born Canadian Man Gets Life Sentence In US For Aiding ISIS
A U.S. judge sentenced a Saudi-born Canadian man to life in prison after he pleaded guilty in December to aiding Islamic State by working with propagandists who publicized the group's beheading of hostages including American journalist James Foley.
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"We Will Do Everything We Can": US Vows To Help Free Missionaries Kidnapped In Haiti
The United States on Tuesday vowed to do all in its power to free US and Canadian missionaries taken hostage in Haiti, after kidnappers demanded $1 million for each of the group of 17.
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Two Canadians Released By China And Headed Home: Justin Trudeau
Two Canadians imprisoned in what China's Western critics branded "hostage diplomacy" were headed home Friday after being released, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said.
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Afghan Hostage Says Ex-Husband's Abuse After Release "Just Like Captors"
A couple who split after a five-year hostage ordeal in Afghanistan faced each other in a Canadian court Wednesday at the husband's trial for sexually assaulting his wife.
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CIA Agent, Whose Escape From Iran Inspired Hollywood Film 'Argo', Dies
Former CIA agent Tony Mendez, who engineered a creative way to smuggle US hostages out of Iran in 1980 and was immortalized in the Hollywood film "Argo," died of complications from Parkinson's Disease, his family said. He was 78.
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US Vice President Mike Pence Thanks Pakistan PM Abbasi For Release Of Hostages
US Vice President Mike Pence has thanked Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and his government's effort in recovering American and Canadian hostages who were held captive by the Haqqani Taliban Network in the tribal areas of Pakistan, the White House said.
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American Woman, Canadian Husband And Children Freed In Pakistan After 5-year Hostage Ordeal
The rescue of an American woman, her Canadian husband and their three children who were held by a faction of Taliban-linked militants for more than five years has raised hopes of a possible warming in the long fraught relationship between the United States and Pakistan.
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American-Canadian Family Held Hostage For 5 Years By Taliban Freed, Says Pakistan
Five Western hostages, including three children, were recovered from terrorists with ties to the Afghan Taliban in an operation based on intelligence shared by the US after five years of their abduction, the Pakistan Army said today.
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Freed Hostage Recounts Boyfriend's Beheading By Philippine Terrorists
A Filipina hostage released by southern Philippine terrorists today broke down in tears as she recounted how her Canadian boyfriend had been beheaded a week earlier.
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Family Of Killed Hostage Say They Back Canada Ransom Policy
The family of a Canadian hostage who was executed by an Islamist militant group in the Philippines said on Tuesday they supported the Canadian government's policy of not paying ransom in kidnapping cases.
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Justin Trudeau Believes Canadian Hostage Killed In Philippines
The Canadian government has "reason to believe" that Canadian hostage Robert Hall has been killed by his captors in the Philippines, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a statement on Monday.
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Canada, UK To Urge Other Nations Not To Pay Ransoms: Justin Trudeau
Canada and Britain will urge other nations not to pay ransoms to free kidnap victims, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday, the day after a Canadian hostage was found dead in the Philippines.
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Canadian Executed By Islamic Terrorists In Philippines: Justin Trudeau
Islamic terrorists in the Philippines have executed a Canadian hostage, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday, after the Filipino authorities said they had found the head of a foreign man on a remote island.
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Algeria says 37 foreigners die in siege led by Canadian
A total of 37 foreign workers died at an Algerian desert gas plant and seven are still missing after a hostage crisis coordinated by a Canadian, Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal said on Monday.
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Saudi-Born Canadian Man Gets Life Sentence In US For Aiding ISIS
A U.S. judge sentenced a Saudi-born Canadian man to life in prison after he pleaded guilty in December to aiding Islamic State by working with propagandists who publicized the group's beheading of hostages including American journalist James Foley.
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"We Will Do Everything We Can": US Vows To Help Free Missionaries Kidnapped In Haiti
The United States on Tuesday vowed to do all in its power to free US and Canadian missionaries taken hostage in Haiti, after kidnappers demanded $1 million for each of the group of 17.
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Two Canadians Released By China And Headed Home: Justin Trudeau
Two Canadians imprisoned in what China's Western critics branded "hostage diplomacy" were headed home Friday after being released, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said.
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Afghan Hostage Says Ex-Husband's Abuse After Release "Just Like Captors"
A couple who split after a five-year hostage ordeal in Afghanistan faced each other in a Canadian court Wednesday at the husband's trial for sexually assaulting his wife.
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CIA Agent, Whose Escape From Iran Inspired Hollywood Film 'Argo', Dies
Former CIA agent Tony Mendez, who engineered a creative way to smuggle US hostages out of Iran in 1980 and was immortalized in the Hollywood film "Argo," died of complications from Parkinson's Disease, his family said. He was 78.
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US Vice President Mike Pence Thanks Pakistan PM Abbasi For Release Of Hostages
US Vice President Mike Pence has thanked Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and his government's effort in recovering American and Canadian hostages who were held captive by the Haqqani Taliban Network in the tribal areas of Pakistan, the White House said.
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American Woman, Canadian Husband And Children Freed In Pakistan After 5-year Hostage Ordeal
The rescue of an American woman, her Canadian husband and their three children who were held by a faction of Taliban-linked militants for more than five years has raised hopes of a possible warming in the long fraught relationship between the United States and Pakistan.
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American-Canadian Family Held Hostage For 5 Years By Taliban Freed, Says Pakistan
Five Western hostages, including three children, were recovered from terrorists with ties to the Afghan Taliban in an operation based on intelligence shared by the US after five years of their abduction, the Pakistan Army said today.
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Freed Hostage Recounts Boyfriend's Beheading By Philippine Terrorists
A Filipina hostage released by southern Philippine terrorists today broke down in tears as she recounted how her Canadian boyfriend had been beheaded a week earlier.
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Family Of Killed Hostage Say They Back Canada Ransom Policy
The family of a Canadian hostage who was executed by an Islamist militant group in the Philippines said on Tuesday they supported the Canadian government's policy of not paying ransom in kidnapping cases.
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Justin Trudeau Believes Canadian Hostage Killed In Philippines
The Canadian government has "reason to believe" that Canadian hostage Robert Hall has been killed by his captors in the Philippines, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a statement on Monday.
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Canada, UK To Urge Other Nations Not To Pay Ransoms: Justin Trudeau
Canada and Britain will urge other nations not to pay ransoms to free kidnap victims, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday, the day after a Canadian hostage was found dead in the Philippines.
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Canadian Executed By Islamic Terrorists In Philippines: Justin Trudeau
Islamic terrorists in the Philippines have executed a Canadian hostage, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday, after the Filipino authorities said they had found the head of a foreign man on a remote island.
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Algeria says 37 foreigners die in siege led by Canadian
A total of 37 foreign workers died at an Algerian desert gas plant and seven are still missing after a hostage crisis coordinated by a Canadian, Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal said on Monday.
