“I could easily see executive hostage-taking happening here within a few months, ” he says.

他称，“在美国，行政人员挟持事件在几个月内就会发生。”

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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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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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With the hostage-taking tactic having worked so well, the Republicans have decided to do it again.

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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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