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At Least 12 Killed As Somalia Hotel Siege Enters Day 2: Report
At least 12 people were killed when al Qaeda-linked militants attacked a hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, seizing hostages whom authorities were still battling to free 24 hours later, an intelligence officer said on Saturday.
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The Increasing Success Of Gautam Adani, Once Held For Ransom
Gautam Adani has a knack for surviving crisis. He was held for ransom more than two decades ago and in 2008 was among the hostages of Mumbai's Taj Mahal Palace hotel during the terror attacks that killed more than 160 people.
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''Do Not Raise False Alarm'': How Noida Cops Rescued Kidnapped Scientist
Tracking the location of kidnappers through mobile phone number was a job only half done for the Gautam Buddh Nagar police, which safely rescued a scientist held hostage in a hotel room in Noida in an operation that lasted less than five hours.
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Back From Gurugram, Madhya Pradesh MLAs Deny Any BJP Plot
Four of the six MLAs of the ruling dispensation in Madhya Pradesh who returned from Delhi on Wednesday, have denied Congress claims that the BJP offered them money or held them hostage at a hotel in Gurugram. All four, however, made it clear that there was no threat to the state's Kamal Nath government.
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30 Arrested For Rioting And Holding Staff, Guests Hostage At Goa Casino
Thirty people were arrested on charges of rioting and holding hostage the staff and guests at a casino in a plush hotel near Calangute beach in Goa in the early hours of Thursday, the police said.
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US Mobilised Special Forces During 26/11 Attacks: Ex-White House Official
The then Bush administration had mobilised special forces to neutralise Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists holding people hostage in hotels during the deadly Mumbai terror attack in November 2008, a former White House official has revealed.
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6 Dead In Kabul Hotel Attack, Over 150 Hostages Released: Officials
An attack on Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel that left at least five people dead, including one foreigner, has ended, the interior ministry said Sunday, more than 12 hours after gunmen stormed the building.
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81 Year Old Veteran Held Hostage In Motel For 4 Years: Cops
A New York man is accused of holding an 81 year old Marine Corps veteran hostage in a motel for at least four years in order to steal his benefits checks.
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Deafening Gunfire, Video From Dhaka Gives A Glimpse Of Siege
A narrow lane blocked at both ends by two armoured cars, teaming with security personnel keeping well back, and the whiplash sound of round after round of gunfire. A two-and-half minute video brings home Friday night's horror at the Dhaka hotel and the 11-hour siege to flush out the terrorists.
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14 Killed In Hotel Attack In Somalian Capital Mogadishu
At least 14 people were killed when gunmen stormed a hotel in Somalia's seaside capital and took an unknown number of hotel guests hostage, police and medical workers said on Saturday, before security forces hunted down the attackers and ended an hours-long assault that began with an explosives-laden vehicle blowing up at the hotel gate.
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Gunmen Take Hostages After A Huge Blast At Somalia Hotel
Gunmen who stormed a hotel in Somalia's capital have taken an unknown number of hotel guests hostage, police said today, as the attackers set up snipers on the rooftop and were throwing grenades.
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At least 23 Killed In Attack On Burkina Hotel
Sixty-three hostages, including 33 wounded, were evacuated in the early hours of Saturday from a Burkina Faso hotel besieged by al Qaeda-linked gunmen, communication minister Remis Dandjinou told Agence France-Presse.
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Suspected Islamist Gunmen Hold Hostages At Hotel In Burkina Capital
Security forces battled suspected Islamist fighters who were holding hostages at hotel used by foreigners in Burkina Faso's capital on Friday, gendarmes and witnesses said.
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Mali Hotel Attack Probe Delayed Over Investigators' Differences: Sources
A probe into last month's hostage taking at a hotel in Mali's capital Bamako has been slowed by procedural differences between Malian investigators and their foreign counterparts, sources said on Saturday.
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Bamako Hotel Hostage Taking Was Joint Attack: Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb said last month's hostage taking at a hotel in Mali's capital Bamako was a joint operation with another jihadist group, in an audio message posted Friday.
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At Least 12 Killed As Somalia Hotel Siege Enters Day 2: Report
At least 12 people were killed when al Qaeda-linked militants attacked a hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, seizing hostages whom authorities were still battling to free 24 hours later, an intelligence officer said on Saturday.
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The Increasing Success Of Gautam Adani, Once Held For Ransom
Gautam Adani has a knack for surviving crisis. He was held for ransom more than two decades ago and in 2008 was among the hostages of Mumbai's Taj Mahal Palace hotel during the terror attacks that killed more than 160 people.
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''Do Not Raise False Alarm'': How Noida Cops Rescued Kidnapped Scientist
Tracking the location of kidnappers through mobile phone number was a job only half done for the Gautam Buddh Nagar police, which safely rescued a scientist held hostage in a hotel room in Noida in an operation that lasted less than five hours.
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Back From Gurugram, Madhya Pradesh MLAs Deny Any BJP Plot
Four of the six MLAs of the ruling dispensation in Madhya Pradesh who returned from Delhi on Wednesday, have denied Congress claims that the BJP offered them money or held them hostage at a hotel in Gurugram. All four, however, made it clear that there was no threat to the state's Kamal Nath government.
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30 Arrested For Rioting And Holding Staff, Guests Hostage At Goa Casino
Thirty people were arrested on charges of rioting and holding hostage the staff and guests at a casino in a plush hotel near Calangute beach in Goa in the early hours of Thursday, the police said.
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US Mobilised Special Forces During 26/11 Attacks: Ex-White House Official
The then Bush administration had mobilised special forces to neutralise Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists holding people hostage in hotels during the deadly Mumbai terror attack in November 2008, a former White House official has revealed.
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6 Dead In Kabul Hotel Attack, Over 150 Hostages Released: Officials
An attack on Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel that left at least five people dead, including one foreigner, has ended, the interior ministry said Sunday, more than 12 hours after gunmen stormed the building.
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81 Year Old Veteran Held Hostage In Motel For 4 Years: Cops
A New York man is accused of holding an 81 year old Marine Corps veteran hostage in a motel for at least four years in order to steal his benefits checks.
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Deafening Gunfire, Video From Dhaka Gives A Glimpse Of Siege
A narrow lane blocked at both ends by two armoured cars, teaming with security personnel keeping well back, and the whiplash sound of round after round of gunfire. A two-and-half minute video brings home Friday night's horror at the Dhaka hotel and the 11-hour siege to flush out the terrorists.
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14 Killed In Hotel Attack In Somalian Capital Mogadishu
At least 14 people were killed when gunmen stormed a hotel in Somalia's seaside capital and took an unknown number of hotel guests hostage, police and medical workers said on Saturday, before security forces hunted down the attackers and ended an hours-long assault that began with an explosives-laden vehicle blowing up at the hotel gate.
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Gunmen Take Hostages After A Huge Blast At Somalia Hotel
Gunmen who stormed a hotel in Somalia's capital have taken an unknown number of hotel guests hostage, police said today, as the attackers set up snipers on the rooftop and were throwing grenades.
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At least 23 Killed In Attack On Burkina Hotel
Sixty-three hostages, including 33 wounded, were evacuated in the early hours of Saturday from a Burkina Faso hotel besieged by al Qaeda-linked gunmen, communication minister Remis Dandjinou told Agence France-Presse.
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Suspected Islamist Gunmen Hold Hostages At Hotel In Burkina Capital
Security forces battled suspected Islamist fighters who were holding hostages at hotel used by foreigners in Burkina Faso's capital on Friday, gendarmes and witnesses said.
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Mali Hotel Attack Probe Delayed Over Investigators' Differences: Sources
A probe into last month's hostage taking at a hotel in Mali's capital Bamako has been slowed by procedural differences between Malian investigators and their foreign counterparts, sources said on Saturday.
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Bamako Hotel Hostage Taking Was Joint Attack: Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb said last month's hostage taking at a hotel in Mali's capital Bamako was a joint operation with another jihadist group, in an audio message posted Friday.
