I didn't want to let people down two years in a row. I didn't want to hold Boston hostage again.

奥尼尔说：“我不想让这里的人们失望两年，我不想再次成为波士顿的抵押品。”

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Rachel Chandler broke down in tears during her first contact after being taken hostage by Somali pirates.

被海盗劫持后第一次与外界联系时，雷切尔·钱德勒情绪失控，流下了眼泪。

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Well, concerns about the tax deal reflect realism, not purism: Mr. Obama is setting up another hostage situation a year down the road.

那么好吧，如果在税费协议上的妥协是考虑到现实处境的话，那么奥巴马先生已经为自己在明年的人质交易埋下了伏笔。

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In showing greater restraint over the hostage videos, Arab stations may even be appearing to play down the emotional impact of the killings in comparison with the intensity of their coverage of Iraqi or Palestinian casualties.

BBC: Ken Bigley

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.

NPR: Militant Group Targets Oil Producers in Nigeria