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PHILIPPINES
21 found dead in hostage crisis, says military
21 local politicians and journalists abducted by gunmen linked to a powerful politician in southern Philippines have been found dead, according to the region's military chief Major General Alfredo Cayton.
USA
School principle hostage drama in New York State ends peacefully
A hostage drama has ended after the gunman who briefly captured the principal at a high school in New York State surrendered following police negotiations, a local official said.
SOMALIA
Rebels put conditions on release of French hostage
Islamist rebel group al Shabaab has demanded that the French government ceases to support Somalia's government if France wants to secure the release of a French security advisor the group has been holding for two months.
IRAQ
Authorities receive body believed to be British hostage
Iraqi authorities have received a body that may be one of five Britons kidnapped in May 2007, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband (pictured) said on Wednesday. Miliband said, however, that the identity could not be "definitively" confirmed.
IRAN
Clinton calls for return of missing backpackers
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on Iran Monday to help locate and return to safety three missing Americans, who are thought to have been arrested by Iranian authorities after straying across the border from Iraq.
UK
Two Iraq hostages 'very likely' dead, says Brown
British PM Gordon Brown confirmed that two of the three hostages still held after a kidnapping in May 2007 in Iraq were "very likely" dead. Brown believes that computer consultant Peter Moore is the only remaining hostage of the group.
hostages - Islamism - kidnapping - piracy - Somalia
Somalia: a hopeless case?
The situation in Somalia seems getting worse and worse, with the anarchy turning into a magnet for international jihadists and the power struggles of neighouring states. But how deeply should the international community get involved?
SOMALIA
Minister says abduction revenge for pirates jailed in France
Somali Social Affairs Minister Mohammad Ali Ibrahim told FRANCE 24 that two kidnapped French agents are now both being held by the al Shabaab militant group. He said their abduction was in retaliation for their pirate relatives imprisoned in France.
SOMALIA
French hostages split between rival insurgents
Two French security consultants held hostage in Somalia are being held by two different Islamist militant groups. In an interview with FRANCE 24, Minister of Social Affairs Mohammad Ali Ibrahim said the hostages were in good health.
SOMALIA
Al Qaeda-linked group holds both French hostages
Insurgent sources said on Friday that both French hostages are now being held by a single rebel group; the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab movement. The two French agents were abducted on Tuesday and split up between rival rebel groups.
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