- 17 Jan 2013 12:50 - Sapa-AFP
- Al-Qaeda-linked fighters have killed two people in Algeria, taking more than 40 foreign hostages, while French troops battled Islamist rebels in Mali.
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- 16 Jan 2013 20:50 - Sapa-AFP
- The US has confirmed that American citizens are among hostages being held in Algeria after an attack by Islamist militants near a southern gas field.
- 14 Jan 2013 19:18 - Sapa-AFP
- Somalia's al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab has said they have decided the "fate" of a French intelligence agent they have held since 2009.
- 04 Jul 2012 15:28 - Sapa-AFP
- A gunman has killed four hostages in south-west Germany before shooting himself while resisting eviction from his apartment building.
- 02 Feb 2012 11:22 - Oliver Teves
- A Filipino wildlife photographer was seized with two tourists during a bird-watching trip. He tells the story of his escape from his captors hands.
- 10 Jan 2011 15:55 - Staff Reporter
- Suspected al-Qaeda kidnappers killed two young French hostages in 'cold blood' during a failed rescue operation in the deserts of Niger.
- 13 Dec 2010 15:01 - Eric Marguet
- Half-a-dozen children were released safely on Monday after being held hostage by a teenager armed with two swords at a nursery in France.
- 13 Dec 2010 12:13 - Staff Reporter
- Up to half-a-dozen children were held hostage by a 17-year-old youth armed with swords at a nursery school in the French city of Besancon on Monday.
- 26 Nov 2009 13:00 - Herve Bar
- Two journalists from Canada and Australia flew out of Somalia on Thursday at the end of a 15-month hostage ordeal.
- 29 Jul 2009 13:19 - Michael Thurston
- Two more hostages from a group of Britons kidnapped in Baghdad two years ago are "very likely" dead, reports said on Wednesday.
- 21 Jul 2009 14:16 - Staff Reporter
- Four hostages who work for a service company in the oil industry have been freed off southern Cameroon's Bakassi peninsula, sources said on Tuesday.
- 17 Jun 2009 17:16 - Staff Reporter
- Thousands of Yemenis marched on Wednesday in protest at the killing of three foreign hostages as security forces expanded the search for six others.
- 21 Apr 2009 08:25 - Horace Helps
- A would-be hijacker surrendered to authorities on Monday after agreeing to free the last of more than 180 hostages he seized hours earlier aboard jet.
- 26 Feb 2009 14:59 - Staff Reporter
- Mutinous Bangladesh border guards have laid down their weapons and surrendered, freeing all their hostages in the process.
- 27 Nov 2008 07:08 - Rina Chandran
- Gunfire rang out as commandos and armed police laid siege to gunmen holding foreigners hostage in two hotels in Mumbai on Thursday.
- 07 Oct 2008 09:46 - Staff Reporter
- A man shot and wounded a security guard and held 40 people hostage at a call centre in Guatemala City on Monday.
- 01 Oct 2008 11:57 - Staff Reporter
- A group of tourists and their guides held hostage in the Sahara for 10 days returned home on Tuesday with tales of their ordeal.
- 04 Jul 2008 08:15 - Staff Reporter
- It was Ingrid Betancourt's 2 321st day in captivity and it started like any other. At 4am she woke up and prayed to God.
