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Norway Says Won't Pay Ransom for Man Held Hostage by Islamic State
A Norwegian man has been held hostage in Syria since January and is now believed to be in the hands of Islamic State, Prime Minister Erna Solberg said on Wednesday, adding she would not yield to the group's demand for a ransom payment.
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Slaying of American Reopens Debate on Ransoms
The United States, by rejecting demands for a nine-digit payment to save kidnapped American journalist James Foley, upheld a policy choice that some European and Arab governments long found too wrenching to make themselves: ruling out ransom to rescue any citizen held captive by militant organizations, in hopes the tough stand will make Americans s...
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Should public representatives be punished for holding citizens to ransom?
For four hours today, three Rajdhani trains from Delhi were stranded in different places in Jharkhand because a Bharatiya Janata Party MLA and his supporters sat on railway tracks, holding them hostage.
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Norway Says Won't Pay Ransom for Man Held Hostage by Islamic State
A Norwegian man has been held hostage in Syria since January and is now believed to be in the hands of Islamic State, Prime Minister Erna Solberg said on Wednesday, adding she would not yield to the group's demand for a ransom payment.
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Slaying of American Reopens Debate on Ransoms
The United States, by rejecting demands for a nine-digit payment to save kidnapped American journalist James Foley, upheld a policy choice that some European and Arab governments long found too wrenching to make themselves: ruling out ransom to rescue any citizen held captive by militant organizations, in hopes the tough stand will make Americans s...
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Should public representatives be punished for holding citizens to ransom?
For four hours today, three Rajdhani trains from Delhi were stranded in different places in Jharkhand because a Bharatiya Janata Party MLA and his supporters sat on railway tracks, holding them hostage.
