State media in Venezuela say prisoners who took control of a jail near the capital Caracas three weeks ago have released 148 fellow inmates whom they were allegedly holding hostage.

委内瑞拉官方媒体称，三周前控制了首都加拉加斯附近一座监狱的囚犯释放了他们所劫持的148名犯人。

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Somali pirates holding a Spanish fishing boat and its crew hostage have said they will only negotiate their release if colleagues are freed.

索马里海盗挟持了一艘西班牙渔船和全体船员，声称只有释放他们的同伙才有机会谈判。

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US navy officer said today it took only three shots for navy snipers to kill the trio of pirates holding captain Richard Phillips hostage on a lifeboat drifting in the high sea.

一名美国海军官员今天说，海军狙击手仅用三枪就击毙了三名海盗。当时他们挟持船长理查德·菲利普斯作为人质乘坐一艘救生艇漂浮在公海上。

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A group of small states on the coast of North Africa was seizing American ships and holding their crews hostage.

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Security forces in Yemen cordoned off an area where tribesmen are holding a British family hostage.

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But German demands for penalties and holding ECB bailouts hostage is a game of chicken with worldwide implications.

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Nichols, who had been undergoing retrial on a rape charge, gave himself up Saturday after a woman he apparently was holding hostage called police.

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