Prime Minister Gordon Brown has urged the pirates to release the couple, describing hostage-taking as "unacceptable".

布朗首相敦促海盗释放那对夫妻，并表示绑架人质“是不能容忍的”。

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The middle-ranking commander Thomas Kwoyelo is being charged with 53 counts, including wilful killing and hostage-taking.

中层指挥官Thomas Kwoyelo被控53项罪，包括故意杀人和劫持人质罪。

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But books have been held hostage offline for far too long. Taking them digital will unlock their real hidden value: the readers.

但是书籍已经被作为脱机的人质太久了，让它们变得数字化会释放他们真正隐藏的价值：读者。

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Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse was flown from Africa to New York City, where he was charged Tuesday with five crimes, including piracy and hostage-taking.

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Karadzic is also charged with persecution, extermination and murder as well as taking U.N.peacekeepers hostage and the 44-month long siege of Sarajevo.

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Plainly, fighting terrorism or hostage-taking in the Sahel is a different sort of intervention.

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They were first seen in the Russian capital at last October's hostage-taking in a Moscow theater.

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The agency will look into the hijacking and hostage-taking, two law enforcement officials told CNN.

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