#held hostage

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Danish warship stops Somali pirate vessel, 12 hostages freed

A Danish warship has apprehended a suspected pirate ship off Somalia`s coast, and released 12 hostages held on board, ...

Twelve former Somali pirate hostages back in Indonesia

Twelve of 13 Indonesian nationals released recently by Somali pirates who had taken them hostage arrived at Jakarta`s ...

At least one dead, foreign troops hurt in Afghan attack

At least one Afghan policeman has been killed and several coalition troops wounded in an ongoing Taliban suicide ...

Aceh police nab four suspected Malacca Strait pirates

Police in Aceh have arrested four men suspected of having committed piracy against ships passing through the Malacca ...

Cabinet shake-up, now or never

The cabinet reshuffle discourse may have disturbed ministers but the president had better realize that it is now or ...

President, vp formulating cabinet reshuffle plan

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is currently formulating a cabinet reshuffle plan with Vice President Boediono, a ...

Seven pirates held in rescue of French hostage: Spain

Troops from a Spanish warship Saturday detained seven pirates when they rescued a French hostage taken from her yacht ...

Number of Tiaka riot suspects increases to 23

The number of suspects in Monday`s riot on Tiaka Island, Mamosalato subdistrict, Morowali, Central Sulawesi, increased ...

Riot on Tiaka Island claims one life

Police shot dead a rioter, injured three and arrested 19 others when an angry mob vandalized the office building, ...

Police arrest 19 Tiaka Island rioters

Police arrested 19 rioters who vandalized the offices and facilities and set fire to an oil well of the ...

One policeman killed, five others held hostage by prisoners in Pakistan

At least one policeman was killed and five others were held hostage by prisoners in a jail in Pakistan`s southern city ...

Two French journalists freed in Afghanistan

Two French journalists held hostage in Afghanistan for a year and a half have been freed, President Nicolas Sarkozy`s ...

Deaths of seafarers in Somali pirate attacks soar

The number of seafarers killed due to Somali piracy has escalated in the past four years, with 62 merchant sailors ...

Somali pirates free German ship after ransom paid

Somali pirates have freed a German-owned cargo ship, seized in April, after they received a ransom, a pirate and ...

Ships hijacked at Muara Jungkat, Pontianak

A tugboat Mitra Jaya V and a barge Makmur Abadi V had been hijacked 15-20 miles west of the Muara Jungkat buoy in ...