Hostage Taking

26 Nov 2012

For more than five years, Marc Gonsalves and two other Americans were marched through Colombia's jungles as hostages of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or Farc, guerillas.

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Hostages freed from Japan bank after police find captor sleeping

24 Nov 2012

Japanese police rescued four hostages from a bank yesterday and arrested the knife-wielding man who had held them captive for more than 12 hours while demanding the prime minister resign,...

3:11AM

Man charged in UK for hostage-taking in Syria

17 Oct 2012

British police say they have charged a man arrested last week at Heathrow Airport for allegedly kidnapping two journalists in Syria.

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Leung Chun-ying to raise Manila hostage issues at Apec summit

5 Sep 2012

Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying met survivors of the Manila hostage tragedy yesterday, and promised to pass on their demands for compensation and an apology to the Philippine leader when they meet...

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New plea to President Hu by Manila hostage crisis campaigners

29 Aug 2012

Survivors and relatives of victims of the Manila hostage crisis launched a new petition yesterday urging President Hu Jintao to help them seek justice.

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Manila hostage survivor Tracey Wong Cheuk-yiu 'can make it in journalism'

25 Aug 2012

Manila hostage survivor Tracey Wong Cheuk-yiu has the qualities to become a good journalist, the professor who admitted her to journalism school says.

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Opinion

Tom Holland

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

4:45AM

Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

5:26AM

Police shoot fugitive in hostage stand-off on bus

Nanjing police yesterday shot a 32-year-old knife-wielding assailant who had taken bus passengers hostage Another person was also shot, China News Service reported, but the victim's identity could...

6:16PM

Families may sue railways ministry

Families of the victims of the Wenzhou train crash said they might take the Ministry of Railways to court, as frustration and outrage rises over handling of their demands for the truth and...

4:07PM

Hostage-taker has jail term increased

A man who held his ex-girlfriend hostage for nine hours and held a cutter to her neck had his jail term increased. Yiu Man-chun, 46, who was given 18 months for false imprisonment and wounding,...

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Gremlins bring down court technology system

Technology may offer great help, but sometimes pen and paper proves more reliable.

8:01AM

Extreme measures

So, the Security Bureau is now (at the time of writing) telling us that the Philippines is two colour warnings more dangerous to travel to than Indonesia, where bomb attacks are a threat, and...

9:24AM

Media under fire for role in hostage crisis

Broadcasters in Manila have come under fire for their coverage of last Monday's tourist bus tragedy in the city, including a lengthy interview the hostage-taker gave to a radio station that tied...

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