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  • Hostage-taking in the United States is a relatively low percentage crime.

    'Stalling For Time' With An FBI Hostage Negotiator 2010

  • Hostage-taking still underway; 78 people dead, at least, and several hundred injured.

    CNN Transcript Nov 26, 2008 2008

  • Hostage-taking in any instance is wholly unacceptable and it is reassuring that the children are as we believe safe and have been released.

    CNN Transcript Jan 28, 2008 2008

  • Hostage-taking pirates who are facing capture are likely to be much more reasonable in those circumstances.

    Pirate Whack-a-Mole on the High Seas - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • Hostage-taking pirates who are facing capture are likely to be much more reasonable in those circumstances.

    Pirate Whack-a-Mole on the High Seas - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • Ibrahim Asgharzadeh, a ringleader of the takeover who has become a reform politician and newspaperman, is emphatic in his assessment: Hostage-taking is not an acceptable action under international norms and standards.

    Among the Hostage-Takers 2004

  • Hostage-taking is totally unacceptable to the international community, and he must be released immediately.

    CNN Transcript Jun 29, 2006 2006

  • Ibrahim Asgharzadeh, a ringleader of the takeover who has become a reform politician and newspaperman, is emphatic in his assessment: Hostage-taking is not an acceptable action under international norms and standards.

    Among the Hostage-Takers 2004

  • Ibrahim Asgharzadeh, a ringleader of the takeover who has become a reform politician and newspaperman, is emphatic in his assessment: Hostage-taking is not an acceptable action under international norms and standards.

    Among the Hostage-Takers 2004

  • Hostage-taking, violent and political pressure on the home front are making several countries rethink their support.

    CNN Transcript Jul 19, 2004 2004

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