But a more rational American policy should not be held hostage to an immediate response.

但一个更理性的美国政策不应该要求马上回答人质。

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At the Oberoi Trident, gunmen burst into the Kandahar restaurant and reportedly took American and British nationals hostage.

在Oberoi Trident酒店，持枪者冲进坎大哈餐厅。据报道，他们只劫持了美国人和英国人作为人质。

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53-year-old Capt Richard Phillips, the 1st American taken captive, had been taken hostage since April 8 as the pirates tried to hijack the Maersk Alabama cargo ship in the Indian Ocean.

8日，货船"马尔基亚拉巴马"在印度洋海域被海盗劫持，53岁的菲利普斯成为首位被海盗俘虏的美国水手。

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

VOA: special.2009.05.27

"Never again will the American taxpayer be held hostage by a bank that is too big to fail,".

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Mr.Obama says the American people also have reason to be proud of the captain who offered himself up as a hostage to the pirates in an effort to protect the crew of his cargo vessel.

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American hostage Jill Carroll has been freed in Baghdad after being held for nearly three months.

NPR: latest news

In 1986, kidnappers in Lebanon released the Reverend Lawrence Martin Jenco, an American hostage held for nearly 19 months.

CNN: Friday,

He had been the last and the longest-held American hostage in Lebanon.

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