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• n  a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms

• The Munich hostage drama holds lessons 922002 Explosive Allegations Was the Kremlin involved in Russia's 1999 apartment bombings? 041902.
• Asgharzadeh smiles at the thought of a hostage taker becoming a democrat, but he insists that is exactly what he is.
• So far his hostage blackmail has produced a result he certainly did not intend: a surge of patriotism that has made the American people more united than they have been on any issue .

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News & Articles

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• Hostage situation ends safely in Hamilton County
  The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department says it safely ended a hostage situation Thursday.
  June 14, 2013 - Chattanooga Times Free Press
• Woodbury hotel hostage taker pleads guilty; victims' mothers praise detectives
  After the man who held their teenage daughters hostage and raped them at gunpoint pleaded guilty, two mothers hugged investigators and sobbed outside a Washington County courtroom Thursday.
  June 13, 2013 - Pioneer Press
• Hostage situation over, man detained
  A nearly three hour hostage situation on Fort Wayne's south side is over and a man has been arrrested for having a handgun without a license.
  June 12, 2013 - WANE-TV Fort Wayne

Quotes

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• Asif Ali Zardari in International Herald Tribune
  Such a tragic incident must bring opportunity rather then the defeat of a nation,President Asif Ali Zardari said in an interview with Arj television. "We don't think the world's great nations and countries can be held hostage by non-state...
• Hillary Rodham Clinton in Washington Post
  And Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said, "We are bringing to bear a number of our assets, including naval and FBI, in order to resolve the hostage situation and bring the pirates to justice."
• Barack Obama in Washington Post
  I will make the case for a clean-energy future wherever I can, and I will work with anyone from either party to get this done. But we will get this done,Obama said. "The next generation will not be held hostage to energy sources from the...