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Filipino Gunmen Take 15 Hostages, Send 2 for Food
By not in system - AOL NewsMANILA, Philippines -- Armed tribesmen who kidnapped 15 people, mostly teachers, in the southern Philippines sent two of the captives Sunday to get food and water and threatened to harm the remaining hostages if they did not return, police said. On Friday, five Manobo tribesmen abducted the 15 people, who were walking along a road from graduation ceremonies at three schools, and took them at gunpoint to a forested area of Prosperidad town in southeastern Agusan del Sur province, officials said. It is the latest hostage crisis to grip the Philippines in recent years. A hostage-taking of a ...
Death Toll Hits 57 in Iraqi Hostage Siege
By not in system - AOL NewsBAGHDAD -- The death toll for a grisly hostage situation at a government building in northern Iraq continued to rise Wednesday as grieving families buried the victims and Iraqi officials questioned how it could have happened. Gunmen wearing explosives belts under military uniforms charged into the provincial council building in Tikrit, north of Baghdad, Tuesday afternoon, shooting hostages execution-style, and spraying bullets and grenades throughout the building during the five-hour standoff. Dr. Raied Ibrahim, the health director for Salahuddin province where the attack took place, said 57 ...
Thousands Attend Funeral for Slain Georgia Officer
By not in system - AOL NewsATHENS, Ga. -- Thousands of people mourned a slain Georgia police officer whose killing led to a days-long manhunt for a suspect who surrendered live television. Almost 2,500 people - including law enforcement officers from Georgia and elsewhere - packed the Classic Center theater for the funeral of Athens-Clarke County Officer Elmer "Buddy" Christian, the Athens Banner-Herald reported. Hundreds more lined the streets as a horse-drawn hearse took his body to Evergreen Memorial Park for burial. One of Christian's hobbies was shoeing horses for friends and family. Jamie Hood, 33, ...
'This Can't Be Happening': Former Hostage Remembers Iran Hostage Crisis [VIDEO]
By not in system - AOL NewsAmbassador Bruce Laingen was a top official at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran when he and 65 other Americans were taken captive by Iranian militants on Nov. 4, 1979. He was held for 444 days until he was finally freed on Jan. 20, 1981. On the 30th anniversary of his release, he shares some memories and lessons from his ordeal. ...
British Hostage Couple Learn of Father's Death
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NAIROBI, Kenya (Nov. 15) -- Paul and Rachel Chandler - the British couple held hostage by Somali pirates for 388 days - have been given the news that Paul Chandler's father died while the pair was in captivity, the couple said Monday. The Chandlers awoke Monday to their first full day of freedom since their October 2009 hijacking off the coast of East Africa. They asked in a statement that they be given space and privacy. "We have just learned that Paul's father died in late July, and we obviously need to come to terms with that," the statement said. The couple said they would soon travel ...
Obama Offers Condolences Over UK Aid Worker's Death
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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 Monday night, the president promised Cameron that he "would get to the bottom of what happened," according to a White House press release. The statement added that both leaders "agreed that the rescue operation was necessary given the grave danger to [aid worker Linda ...
Bank Standoff in Fla. Ends; Suspected Bomb Remains Inside
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsUpdate: 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 bank. According to FBI spokeswoman Judy Orihuela, the suspects used the bomb-strapped teller to rob an undetermined sum of money from the bank and later fled the scene in a stolen red Ford Mustang. (Sept. 24) -- Bomb squad officials and police responded this morning to reports ...
2 American Troops Missing in Afghanistan
By not in system - AOL NewsKABUL, Afghanistan (July 24) -- Two U.S. troops are missing in eastern Afghanistan, a military official said Saturday. An Afghan official said one may have been killed and the other captured by the Taliban. Also Saturday, five American troops died in bombings in the south where international forces are stepping up the fight against the insurgents. The two missing service members had left their compound the previous day in Kabul and did not return, a NATO statement said. It did not identify the pair by nationality, but U.S. officials said they were American. The officials spoke on condition ...
Cops: Man Holds Mom Hostage When She Refuses to Iron
By David Moye - AOL News(July 12) -- A man in Villa Rica, Ga., is behind iron bars after allegedly holding his mother hostage because she would not iron his clothes. Robert Edward Tyrrell Jr., 29, has been charged with aggravated assault and false imprisonment in connection with the June 29 incident and may be ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. Sgt. Marc Griffith of the Carroll County Sheriff's Office told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that Tyrrell became upset when his mother would not iron his clothes, so he held her at gunpoint and insisted the task was a "woman's job." Carroll County Sheriff's ...
Fark's Weird News Quiz (Drunken Paleontologists Edition)
By Tony Deconinck - AOL News(July 9) -- Editor's note: How well do you follow weird news? Find out with this strange-news quiz from our obsessive friends at Fark.com. Test your knowledge, and check your answers below. 1. In an effort to offer more creative vacation packages, one French company has added something unusual to the regular mix. What is it? a) The Atomic Age package, a complete re-creation of a 1950s hotel, including restored cars, radio programs and period actors b) Simulated kidnappings and imprisonment by fake terrorists c) Upper-atmosphere sex tours where couples can try to conceive children in zero ...
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