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Gunmen Kill Dozens in Grisly Iraq Hostage Siege

BAGHDAD -- Wearing military uniforms over explosives belts, gunmen held a local Iraqi government center hostage Tuesday in a grisly siege that ended with the deaths of at least 56 people, including three councilmen who were executed with gunshots to the head. The five-hour standoff in Tikrit, former dictator Saddam...

Hero Teacher Kept Kids Calm During School Siege in France

(Dec. 13) -- A French nursery school teacher who kept kids calm while a sword-wielding teenager took their classroom hostage is being hailed as a hero today. French authorities say Nathalie Roffet kept the 17-year-old hostage-taker talking for hours so he didn't threaten the children and reasoned with him to secure their...

Teen Arrested After Taking Hostages at French School

PARIS (Dec. 13) -- Masked French gendarmes detained a 17-year-old who took a class full of preschoolers hostage Monday, releasing all the children safely after hours of tense negotiations that drew nationwide attention. "The hostage-taking is over," Jean-Marc Magda, aide to the mayor of the eastern French city of...

Obama Offers Condolences Over UK Aid Worker's Death

LONDON (Oct. 12) -- President Barack Obama has offered his condolences to British Prime Minister David Cameron over the death of a British hostage in Afghanistan, who may have been killed by a grenade thrown by U.S. special operations forces during a failed rescue mission. During a telephone call to No. 10 Downing Street...

Bank Standoff in Fla. Ends; Suspected Bomb Remains Inside

Update: The Associated Press reports that a suspected bomb has been removed from a bank teller's body and remains inside the Florida bank where authorities are attempting to defuse it. The teller was reportedly kidnapped early this morning by three suspects who strapped the bomb to his chest as part of a plan to rob the...

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Obama's Hostage Situation Continues

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BMW France employees freed in hostage situation

Earlier this morning, an armed employee of BMW France took a number of hostages in one of the company's offices in Paris.

Background on hostage situation

A crisis develops when one or more terrorists or criminals hold people against their will and try to hold off the authorities by force, threatening to kill the hostages if provoked or attacked.

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