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Egypt
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Politics
11/15/2011 2:34:51 PM
Protesters against an environmentally damaging factory in Damietta in northern Egypt, angered by death of one of their own, continue to block roads into the city and hold workers hostage inside the plant
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World
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International
11/14/2011 11:10:33 AM
France President Sarkozy thanks the Sultan of Oman for his country’s role in releasing three French aid workers held hostage in Yemen
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World
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Region
11/12/2011 11:01:48 AM
Turkish security forces killed a lone hijacker, believed to be a Kurdish militant, in a pre-dawn operation to rescue more than 20 passengers held hostage for 12 hours on a ferry in northwest Turkey
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Business
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Economy
10/24/2011 5:17:57 PM
Landline monopoly announces one-off gifts to mark the Eid Al-Adha holiday as management and workers come close to an agreement on the release of imprisoned colleagues
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World
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Region
10/19/2011 6:21:43 PM
Housing Yemenis fleeing from fighting in the south in schools instead of empty stadiums and houses raises doubts as to the intentions of Yemen's unwanted government
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World
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Region
10/3/2011 10:33:22 AM
Armed militants bomb a police headquarter before taking hostage the police chief and mayor of Al-Baghdadi northwest of the Iraqi capital
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World
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Region
9/26/2011 12:31:55 PM
A general was killed and 30 other troops loyal to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh were taken hostage when tribesmen overnight attacked their base north of Sanaa
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World
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International
9/18/2011 5:20:21 PM
Somali pirates unveil their holding of a British hostage Judith Tebbutt, say she is healthy
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World
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International
9/11/2011 2:52:22 PM
French woman who was kidnapped and whose husband was killed by Somali pirates is rescued, following similar events of a Danish family that was recently released
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World
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Region
9/9/2011 2:16:07 PM
A Sudanese police spokesman says 13 police officers were killed and 30 wounded in clashes with an armed gang as they tried to rescue three hostages in the war-torn Darfur region
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World
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International
9/8/2011 2:32:17 PM
The Pakistani Taliban, who are holding more than 20 young tribesmen hostage in an area bordering Afghanistan, demand the release of scores of prisoners and an end to tribal elders' support of offensives against them
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World
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Region
8/24/2011 1:30:21 PM
Journalists are held captive in a five-star hotel, surrounded by pro-Gaddafi forces
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World
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Region
7/9/2011 3:40:02 PM
A Shiite militant group in Iraq wrote in a formal statement that they won’t release McMenemy, a Briton who they claim as a hostage but who GB believes was killed
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Business
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Economy
7/2/2011 5:37:02 PM
Flood of Nigerians fleeing Libyan and returning home means no more remittances; compounding problems of arms flow into Nigeria, hostage-taking and decline in economy
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World
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Region
6/14/2011 12:29:02 PM
General Coordinator of Lebanon's March 14 alliance Fares Soueid denounces newly formed government
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World
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Region
4/16/2011 1:09:18 PM
Though a multimillion ransom was paid, some of the crew members of the Indian ship are still detained by Somali pirate
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World
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Region
2/20/2011 2:01:33 PM
An extremist group takes hostages in the Libyan city of Al-Baida amid unrest
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World
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International
1/10/2011 1:00:40 PM
France's minister of defence travels on Monday to Niger following the kidnapping and murder of two French nationals
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