By Gary Thomas Tehran 17 July 2006 Twenty-seven years ago, a group of Iranian students stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking 66 embassy staff members hostage and holding most of them for more than a year. VOA correspondent Gary Thomas, who is i

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The State Department says it is overjoyed by the Colombian military rescue of 15 hostages - including three U.S. military contractors - held captive for years by FARC guerrillas. U.S. officials say the operation Wednesday reflects broader gains by t

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 12 June 2007 Hostage takers in Nigeria's unruly oil-rich Niger Delta have released 13 captives as the new Nigerian administration prepares for peace talks with rebels responsible for the violence. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa i

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Six inmates who had taken a warden and another correction officer hostage at a prison in southern Taiwan have reportedly committing suicide. The two hostages are said to have escaped unharmed. The prisoners, under the guise of needing medical care, m

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