Will they let the hostages go?

他们是否会释放人质？

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Fear was the hostages' constant companion.

人质一直都感到恐惧不安。

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The hijackers set the hostages free.

劫机者释放了人质。

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One group of militants, Hisbul Islam,is said to have held both hostages briefly before handing Obriere's colleague to al-Shabab.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

"This is absolutely unbelievable situation where a terrorist group holds a large number of hostages to demand a cease-fire to save its own skin."

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

Abbas says the call was evidence the group Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan had planned the assault from South Waziristan with the intention of taking hostages in order to free captured militants.

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

Five hostages - believed to include Japanese nationals - are still unaccounted for.

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The four released hostages - Mr Lemacon's wife Chloe, their three-year-old son Colin, and two other adults - are due to arrive in Paris on Sunday, he said.

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Four of them are still being held - along with three other French hostages - and it is believed they could be in the north of Mali close to where French troops are battling al-Qaeda-linked militants.

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