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# Hostage

All time
Man holds his mother hostage for 28 hours
Family releases hostage video of ex-FBI agent who disappeared in Iran
Aid workers freed in Yemen
Turkish forces shoot dead ferry hijacker
Frenchwoman abducted in Kenya dies weeks after kidnapping
Sydney siege ends with police raid
Watch: Man in stand-off with police in Sydney
Gunman shoots seven, including daughter, before taking his own life
Too much information? Man posts Facebook updates during 16-hour police standoff
Texas man sets fire to mother, takes teacher hostage
20 children taken hostage at French kindergarten released