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"It's already resolved," Brigadier General Restituto Padilla told reporters. "They've withdrawn, they are no longer there. The school area is again safe."

The crew "was released in an inter-tribe exchange on the Pakistan-Afghan border (and) arrived in Islamabad today," foreign ministry spokesman Nafees Zakaria said in a statement.

One of the gunmen locked in a protracted siege with police in Armenia shot an officer dead Saturday, hours after authorities issued an ultimatum to resolve the hostage drama.

Philippine police shot and killed a man who took a fellow bus passenger hostage in central Manila Thursday, authorities said.

France grappled with two hostage dramas on Friday.

Two brothers suspected of slaughtering 12 people in an unprecedented militant attack in France held one person hostage.

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The New South Wales police commissioner Andrew Scipione says investigation will continue as the Sydney hostage drama entered its 11th hour.

Hong Kong announced it was imposing sanctions on the Philippines because of its "unacceptable" failure to apologise for a deadly hostage crisis more than three years ago.

Hollywood hit the red carpet Sunday for the Oscars, with Ben Affleck's Iran hostage drama "Argo" bidding to edge out Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" in one of the most open races in years.

Ben Affleck's Iran hostage drama "Argo" goes into Oscars weekend a whisker ahead of Steven Spielberg's presidential "Lincoln," but the race is one of the most unpredictable in recent memory.

Musical "Les Miserables" and Iran hostage drama "Argo" were the big winners at the 70th Annual Golden Globes Awards.

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