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  Maoists Refuse To Extend Deadline For Hikaka Release

  India | April 18, 2012 22:51 IST

  Bhubaneswar, Apr 18: Maoists holding BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka hostage on Wednesday refused to extend the deadline which expired at 5:00 pm for meeting their demands and said his fate would be decided at the

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  Odisha To Release 27 Persons For Release Of MLA, Italian

  India | April 04, 2012 22:10 IST

  Bhubaneswar, Apr 4: Bowing to Maoists' demands,  for securing the release of a BJD MLA and an Italian from the captivity of ultra-Left activists' captivity, Odisha government today said it would facilitate the release of

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  Colangelo Meets Italian Consul General In Bhubaneswar

  India | March 26, 2012 8:23 IST

  Bhubaneswar, Mar 26: Hours after being released by Maoists, Italian tourist Claudio Colangelo arrived here on Sunday night and met his country's Consul General Joel Melchiori.Accompanied by security personnel, 61-year-old Colangelo was brought to the

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  Odisha Maoists Offer To Release One Italian Hostage

  India | March 21, 2012 14:04 IST

  Bhubaneswar, Mar 21: The Maoists today offered to release one of the two Italians held captive by them if two of their demands, including release of some rebels, were met, as the Odisha government asked

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  Briton, Italian Killed In Failed Hostage Rescue Bid In Nigeria

  World | March 09, 2012 19:04 IST

  Abuja, Mar 9: A British-Nigerian operation, using helicopters and hundreds of troops including the elite SAS, to rescue two abducted foreigners went awry today with the militant group Boko Haram killing the captives.  The special

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  Robbers As Couriers Hold Delhi Women Hostages, Loot Rs 2 Cr Worth Valuables

  India | June 29, 2011 15:12 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 29 : Three armed robbers barged into a house in Rishabh Vihar near East Delhi's Anand Vihar on Tuesday afternoon, posing as courier boys, and held the women in the house hostages,