She said the Obama administration is pressing for a greater understanding of the hostage-taking there and rescue effort that left three Americans dead.
As Alec MacGillis writes, in the months leading up to the 2011 debt ceiling fight, the idea of debt hostage-taking was seen as nearly unthinkable.
But it would have to be proven that he wanted to influence the actions of a third party by taking a hostage.
Faryadi Zardad, who was living in Streatham at the time of his arrest, was found guilty at the Old Bailey of torture and hostage-taking in his home country.
And on Sunday French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian described the hostage-taking as an "act of war".
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The White House says it is taking seriously some claims of Americans held during the Iran hostage crisis.
Soon after Abbas' capture, U.S. officials said U.S. indictments of Abbas for piracy, hostage-taking and conspiracy have apparently expired, although they could be renewed.
After the hostage-taking was reported, dozens of police and rescue vehicles surrounded the home and a negotiator was keeping in touch with the gunman, police said.
Mr. MAHTANI: Well, Nigeria is the eighth biggest exporter in the world, and after these wave of attacks last week, which included the hostage taking and an explosion on a pipeline that fed a key export terminal, Nigeria had to shut down about 226, 000 barrels per day, that's about 10% of Nigeria's total production, which are still down.
Plainly, fighting terrorism or hostage-taking in the Sahel is a different sort of intervention.
The hostage-taking incident occurred after firefighters entered the home of a man in response to a medical call.
West Bengal has a lexicon of strife, with goons who flex political muscles on the streets and widespread gheraos (taking bosses hostage) and bandhs (general strikes).
But Mr Medvedev is unlikely to stop the hostage-taking, corporate raids by state agencies, rent-seeking and corruption that have become part of a system.
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