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2 Indonesian hostages escape from custody of Philippines’ Abu Sayyaf

ByAPDwriterMaverickJAKARTA,Sept.7(APD)—TwoIndonesianhostagesmanagedtoescapefromthecustodyofPhilippinemilitantgroupAbuSayyafonThursday,wouldbereturnedtoIndonesia

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Philippine troops capture key bridge near Marawi militants

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Chinese hostages freed by pirates are heading home

Nine of the 10 Chinese sailors released after four-and-a-half years as hostages of Somali pirates boarded a China Southern Airlines flight home from Kenya's capital, Nairobi, on Monday.

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Philippine ready to talk with Abu Sayyaf for release of Norwegian hostage

A senior Philippine government official said Sunday that he is ready to talk with the terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)for the safe release of a Norwegian hostage in southern province of Sulu.

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126 rescued, 3 attackers killed as operation at Burkina Faso Hotel ends

A total of 126 hostages were freed and three attackers killed Saturday as security operation at the Splendid Hotel in Burkina Faso's capital ended, a senior official has said.

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Six inmates commit suicide, ending Taiwan prison standoff

Six convicts carrying rifles and handguns who took hostages at Kaohsiung Prison in southern Taiwan killed themselves early Thursday morning, ending nearly 14 hours of standoff with the police.

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Kenyan forces in final assault to end hostage crisis amid shopping mall smoke

Kenya's security forces are moving in an apparently final assault to end the day-3 hostage crisis at Nairobi's renowned Westgate shopping mall.

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Algeria says gas field rescue operation ends, death toll unclear

An operation launched by the Algerian army to free hostages detained by an armed group in a gas field facility in the southernmost province of Illizi has ended, the official APS news agency reported Thursday, without providing the death toll of the hostages.