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At least seven Italians had been held hostage inside the cafe, Italian officials say, though there are unconfirmed media reports that as many as 10 were held hostage.
Americans held hostage on the decline -- for now The number of Americans held hostage has decreased in recent years as ISIS's territorial presence in the Middle East has diminished greatly.
From 2013 to early 2017, we helped oversee the American government's efforts to safely recover Americans held hostage abroad, including Americans held hostage in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region by the Haqqani Taliban network.
New negotiations may be held hostage to these old disputes.
Both men were held hostage and beaten during the ordeal.
One crew member had been held hostage, the officials said.
Maybe you find yourself held hostage in a lengthy meeting.
Bringing home Americans held hostage is difficult for any administration.
The truth must never be held hostage to political calculations.
The two men were held hostage for over three years.
About 100 of those students are still being held hostage.
Another industry being held hostage by the shutdown: craft brewing.
Ghosn said he was held "hostage" by the "rigged" system.
He will not let it be held hostage by Democrats.
Hospitals held hostage by rogue hackers can become the status quo.
In early 2011, 758 seafarers were being held hostage by pirates.
Kardashian was reportedly held hostage, bound, and threatened during the robbery.
Amina Ali remains the only long-held hostage who has escaped.
"We're held hostage, but only to a slight degree," Doll said.
There, she was held hostage and assaulted for hours, she says.
Neither of the women held hostage was seriously harmed, Fiore said.
"The defense budget is being held hostage for DACA," Ryan said.
This was a grown man and he wasn't being held hostage.
Fifty-two American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for 444 days.
Local media said Ranatunga had briefly been held hostage in the office.
Being held hostage in Venezuela, but Mia Love gave me no love.
He is considered to be the longest-held hostage in US history.
The resignation sparked speculation he was being held hostage in Saudi Arabia.
All customers and our two associates who were held hostage are safe.
QUOTE OF THE DAY We have a neighborhood that's been held hostage.
The conservatives found out they're being held hostage by the extreme right.
"Everyone in this town feels held hostage," said Ms. de Meulles, 54.
State Democrats, in the face of state schools being held hostage, caved.
No country should be held hostage to a single provider of energy.
However, United Airlines' moral compass has been held hostage by its policies.
Caitlan had three children during the five years they were held hostage.
Bottom line -- cops are convinced Richard's not being abused or held hostage.
"We feel like we're pawns, that we're being held hostage," Elledge said.
It's hard to make these investments while held hostage to quarterly earnings targets.
The child was held hostage, later released and was not injured, officials said.
"BBC Dad held hostage as toddler and baby accomplice go on rampage" pic.twitter.
Pls Know There R 'Millions' Of Us [being] Held Hostage By Insane DICTATOR !!
They're being held hostage, thanks to an unfortunate clash between geology and evolution.
James Foley, of New Hampshire, was killed in 2014 after being held hostage.
Theories flew — he was being held hostage, he was sick, he was transitioning.
A few thousand people were held hostage; most of them have been rescued.
"I didn't want him to be held hostage or kidnapped," Mr. Marciano said.
If still alive, Levinson would be the longest-held hostage in American history.
"So that you can never be held hostage by one supplier," Trump said.
You know, the ones who aren't being held hostage by TD Canada Trust.
Roberts acted as Gates' producer who is held hostage while on live TV.
In 2012, the celebrity hawk was kidnapped and held hostage for three days.
Is it possible that one can be held hostage by someone else's words?
Upon arrival many are held hostage by traffickers and starved, beaten and tortured.
It ought not to adversely the other 11 bills being held hostage, essentially.
Doing the research means you're not held hostage to a below-market rate.
Kim is having major anxiety after being held hostage and robbed in Paris.
An entire sector of the federal government is held hostage by the last century.
Kardashian, as Glamour points out, was held hostage in a bathroom during the ordeal.
During the coup attempt, Erdogan said Akar had been held hostage by the plotters.
That wouldn't be fair to those whose content is held hostage in the meantime.
Nicolas Henin was a Frenchman who was held hostage by ISIS for ten months.
"We're not going to be held hostage by whoever is doing this," he said.
"No country should be held hostage to a single provider of energy," he said.
How would such authority have helped hospitals whose data was held hostage on Friday?
Park visitors and resources should not be held hostage during a lapse in appropriations.
Lorge added that she feels like she is "being held hostage" by the shutdown.
Stuck on a family road trip, Elliot reacts as though he's being held hostage.
She had told him she'd write a note saying she hadn't been held hostage.
Instead of being held hostage by these people, he's pretty much obliterated the issue.
We've been held hostage to their predilections and braided intrigues for a long time.
For one, why was Spinks, the first victim, held hostage before she was murdered?
He said election officials had been "held hostage" by soldiers assigned to poling stations.
" Consumers, he said, are being "held hostage to the pricing power of Big Pharma.
Aid workers, priests and government officials are held hostage in the area, he added.
Nearly four years later, an estimated 112 of those students are still held hostage.
In one instance he was held hostage at gunpoint after a carjacking in Minneapolis.
Our national monuments were never meant to be held hostage by self-interested politicians.
And in season 15, she is kidnapped and held hostage by a serial rapist.
Hoyer argued that other spending bills are "being held hostage essentially" as a result.
"It feels like they are being held hostage by the market," said Shah. 2.
THE WOMAN A passenger plucked by Kong from a train car and held hostage.
In any event ... fans can finally smile about 'TC5' no longer being held hostage.
No one has been hurt in the standoff, and no one is being held hostage.
So far, he has freed 13 Americans who were once detained or held hostage abroad.
Infrastructure shouldn't be held hostage by politics, but who's naive enough to believe it isn't?
He&aposs an Iranian American whose father and brother are being held hostage in Iran.
The drama you're referring to is that the tapes were held hostage by Mike McCarthy?
But for Laos, Washington's forward-looking regional agenda is held hostage to its prior actions.
In 1967, he was shot down, captured and held hostage for more than five years.
The claim fell flat in Lebanon, where speculation swirled that he was being held hostage.
He said he believed that his son Tahmid Hasib Khan, 22, was being held hostage.
Yet, unfortunately, USMCA is currently being held hostage by the partisan political circus in Washington.
Some days it feels like the whole world is being held hostage to male fragility.
But under any circumstance, should public policy be held hostage to racial and religious discrimination?
But the food security of 20 million people cannot be held hostage to budgetary maneuvering.
"We were held hostage in our own homes," longtime Deer Park resident Steve Michels said.
A year ago this month, Kim was held hostage at gunpoint during a robbery in Paris.
But anyone with fears of being held hostage in the future has good reason to worry.
US diplomats are not held hostage by any militant band of revolutionaries anywhere in the world.
Dozens were held hostage until Malian and United Nations security forces ended the siege hours later.
It seems his severance package is being held hostage by the man whose wife he killed.
Mali said government soldiers held hostage by the Ansar al-Dine group were among the dead.
The woman claims she was terrorized at gunpoint while Odom was held hostage for two days.
Envoys met with Qing officials, but after talks broke down they were seized and held hostage.
One time, as he stood beside Trump, Christie looked like he was being held hostage. 1313.
As one Twitter user wrote, "Yep, those babies will be held hostage by partying students everywhere."
In 2013, Castellano allegedly held hostage and raped a fellow student at Vincennes University in Indiana.
Kenny G is not, in fact, being held hostage by Yeezy for his elaborate romantic plans.
Bigelow said he'd launch sooner, but he's been "held hostage" by the lack of launch services.
American access to space will no longer be held hostage to the whims of the Kremlin.
The United States needs to understand these animosities, but not be held hostage to them.   2628.
Another American journalist held hostage by the Islamic State, Steven Sotloff, was beheaded the following month.
The report also found that 348 reporters were being detained and 60 were being held hostage.
Lynn Davis was held hostage that day and lost her cousin Judy Davis in the attack.
A car dealership employee who was held hostage was shot dead by the suspects, police said.
EST: President Trump meets with Danny Burch, an American citizen who was held hostage in Yemen.
Health care and civil rights legislation, for instance, were two issues that the coalition held hostage.
The TV star says she was essentially held hostage, separated from her phone and her manager.
Now the Democrats are going to find out they're being held hostage by the extreme left.
The daughter of one of the security guards was held hostage in France but then released.
DACA recipients "should not be held hostage to President Trump's crusade to tear families apart," Sen.
In addition, 348 journalists are currently in prison across the globe, and 60 are being held hostage.
Family members have identified a teacher being held hostage in a classroom at a Southern California school.
"The vast majority of right-thinking people cannot be held hostage by a radical fringe," he says.
Any effort to save an American hero being held hostage in Iran, I&aposm in favor of.
There are also an estimated 300 to 600 civilians trapped or being held hostage in the city.
"Mr Trump responds to being scolded by Mr Romney Oh, Christopher"No, I wasn't being held hostage.
We are now being held hostage by a small group of thugs, neo-Nazis and white supremacists?
Richard Simmons isn't transitioning or being held hostage – so why hasn't he been seen in three years?
Capital is being held hostage to the volatility in the crude oil market like it or not.
A judge complained that the court system had been "held hostage," and Mr. Bloomberg sued the union.
Seniors are held hostage by antiquated laws that prevent them from using modern day services and technologies.
Do not abandon the visions, hopes and aspirations of the venturesome young individuals held hostage by thugs.
Tisdale was hit over the head and then held hostage by Emilio Maldonado, a supposed house hunter.
Sarah (Levinson) Moriarty is the daughter of Robert "Bob" Levinson, the longest held hostage in American history.
A $12 billion backlog won't be overcome overnight, especially if funding is held hostage by Washington politics.
Reagan was accused of delaying the release of Americans held hostage by Iran until he was elected.
Social media users joked that Christie was being held hostage by Trump, prompting a #FreeChristie hashtag. 5.
The desire among his supporters for a liberal agenda was held hostage to Bill Clinton's libertine appetites.
President Trump on Thursday welcomed home three American citizens who had been held hostage in North Korea.
And that means the MetroCard plan is held hostage to the ceaseless feud between the two men.
"It's better to produce energy here and never be held hostage by foreign enemy needs," Zinke said.
If alive, Mr. Overby is not the only American believed to be held hostage by the Haqqanis.
Austin is the only American reporter being held hostage anywhere in the world, according to Reporters Without Borders.
To do so he had to paint himself as a liberal held hostage to conservatives within his party.
Delaware prison standoff A pair of prison employees are still being held hostage in a standoff in Delaware.
"Beijing is unlikely to continue serious trade negotiations when it feels held hostage by the US," Triolo said.
More than 50 members of the country's military were held hostage by protesters before they were rescued. 5.
Unfortunately, the interests of 80m Turks are currently held hostage to an ego contest between two blustering populists.
Everyone not in his crew — including Claire, who didn't flee from the club — are being held hostage now.
Barack Obama has famously been held hostage to his own Blackberry device, even though he prefers an iPhone.
Netflix has a new Christmas movie coming up about some people being held hostage in a convenience store.
The movie, Vulture Club, stars Susan Sarandon as a nurse whose journalist son is held hostage by terrorists.
That meant the second flight of the SLS would be held hostage by however long those upgrades took.
Dreamers should not be used as a bargaining chip or held hostage in exchange for anti-immigrant policies.
"I will never be held hostage by conspiracy plotters, anarchists, racists who hijack a social movement," he wrote.
The Serbian government said two Serbian nationals who had been held hostage since November were among the dead.
Coleman and Boyle were held hostage by the Haqqani Network for five years after their kidnapping in 2012.
On issues like Russia, Democrats cannot be held hostage waiting for reluctant Republicans to speak out with them.
The whereabouts of a number of generals allegedly held hostage by the coup junta remained unknown, he said.
A three-hour standoff followed the initial assault, with people inside effectively held hostage until around 5 a.m.
Mr. Karim's wife and two children, who were also held hostage, were released from custody on July 3.
Public space in Germany is not held hostage by liability lawsuits; Berlin playgrounds are not designed by lawyers.
Hanks played Captain Richard Phillips, who was famously held hostage by Somali pirates, in 2013's "Captain Phillips."
Good policy should stand on its own, not be held hostage by the selfish pleadings of special interests.
Another American held hostage, Caitlan Coleman, and her family were rescued by the Pakistani military in October 2017.
For the next seven years she was held hostage by the rebels, forced to become a child soldier.
In 1979, I was the young wife of one of the American diplomats being held hostage in Iran.
Before his return to America in early June, Otto Warmbier spent 17 months held hostage in North Korea.
Richard Safo, a warehouse worker from the Bronx, knows the feeling of being held hostage by time bandits.
The site is being held hostage by ransomware, with attackers seeking about $3 million, according to The Guardian.
Gone are the days when America will continue to be held hostage by the threats of the Palestinians.
The daughter who had been held hostage that morning, Ms. Franklin, wrote a letter to Officer Walburger's widow.
Since 2010, I have had the honor of representing Robert Levinson, the longest-held hostage in American history.
Right now, we have a Washington that is being held hostage by the gun industry and the NRA.
Kidnapped schoolgirl Nigerian schoolgirl Leah Sharibu has been held hostage by Boko Haram for most of this year.
One theory, pushed by Mr. Simmons's former masseur, is that he is being held hostage by his housekeeper.
He went on the air and did just that, while station employees were held hostage during the broadcast.
For weeks, a pregnant, undocumented 17-year-old was held hostage by the government and denied an abortion.
Austin, a freelance journalist, Marine veteran and Georgetown law student, has been held hostage in Syria since August 2012.
Last night, on the Late Night with Seth Meyers, SNL castmate Kenan Thompson says the cast was held hostage.
Every day in Mosul, a civilian population held hostage by ISIS is caught between their captors and their liberators.
So then you either go back into Mexico where you can be kidnapped by a cartel and held hostage.
The victim disappeared and his family said they received text messages from him claiming he was being held hostage.
Galvez said the military believed that "more or less 100" civilians were still being held hostage by the militants.
Third, it is also held hostage to commodity prices for things like grass, seed and chemicals used in fertilizer.
Sarah Levinson Moriarty said her father, Bob Levinson, was often described as "the longest-held hostage in U.S. history".
It will not cut poverty or cement its democracy if it keeps getting held hostage by men with guns.
"We're being held hostage because Republicans want this, and Democrats want that, and they're holding us hostage," she said.
Turkey was held hostage by fears that a crackdown on ISIS would result in serious retaliation on Turkish soil.
Yasuda was previously held hostage in 2004 in Iraq by gunmen when he was there reporting on the fighting.
"The families of Flint, are being held hostage at the moment, which I think is terrible," she told reporters.
General Staff head Hulusi Akar was held hostage for hours by the plotters, but refused to join their coup.
I can only hope that those poor fruits, once held hostage, are finally free—that the juice is loose.
It's like being taunted with a picture of your family when you're being held hostage by an evil stepdad.
If Hamas really wants to play ball, it must return Israelis — dead and alive — still held hostage in Gaza.
There is no place, except among a niche, to have our entire system held hostage by this parasitic middleman.
He added that the military believed "more or less 100" civilians were still being held hostage by the militants.
American Kevin King, 63, and Australian Timothy Weeks, 50, were released from Afghanistan after being held hostage since 2016.
Even worse off is Rogelio, who has been held hostage by his former prison pen pal and current stalker.
The report said "more or less 50 staffs" were being held hostage, but it did not provide other details.
"The Democrat Party is held hostage by the so-called resistance: left-wing haters and angry mobs," he said.
They held hostage Mr. Saleh's transitional successor, President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi, and effectively took over all government functions.
Montana and other Western coal-producing states are being held hostage by the ideology of politicians in Washington State.
"You sound like a crazy person -- that your family member was held hostage in an American hospital," she said.
The whole country, he said, is "being held hostage" by liberal activists who have it in for the president.
And French courts could prosecute if evidence demonstrates that French journalist Nicolas Henin was held hostage by the Beatles.
Your Speakership and your party are held hostage by your most deranged and radical representatives of the far left.
Fifty-two American diplomats and civilians were held hostage at the U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran, for 444 days.
In return, the rebel faction in Douma will release 200 people it has held hostage there, the source said.
Conservatives have understood this problem for decades, yet for decades they have been held hostage to a 1992 government brief.
But now he and wife Tasha (Naturi Naughton) are faced with a new crisis — their son is being held hostage.
Some people might crumble after being kidnapped and held hostage by the Reverend Richard Wayne Gary Wayne for 15 years.
Richard Simmons is A-OK -- not depressed, impaired or being held hostage by his maid ... that's what LAPD cops think.
In the hours when I was held hostage, I was convinced I would never see my wife and children again.
Making it worse, if that's possible, is the fact that Robert Levinson, America's longest held hostage, is one of Sen.
Reuters could not independently verify the authenticity of the tweets or claims made by people saying they were held hostage.
Meghan Markle's gonna get trained on how to escape being held hostage ... and it'll be focused on alerting and escaping.
Kidnapped by the Reverend as a teenager, Kimmy was held hostage along with three other women in an underground bunker.
The thriller features Clooney as a television financial expert being held hostage by a gunman, with Roberts as his producer.
Thousands of children are still being held hostage for an absurd border wall, and a nebulous list of campaign promises.
Yet during the previous government shutdown, Zinke said all parks should remain open and not held hostage to shutdown negotiations.
This was a time when the economy was in a deep recession while Americans were being held hostage by Iran.
Former CIA Director Michael Hayden said early Sunday that the Obama administration is held hostage by the Iran nuclear agreement.
An entire country is being held hostage by a thin slice of the Republican electorate, who answer to no one.
He had been held hostage by the group who reportedly demanded information on where artifacts from the site were hidden.
The video -- posted at 3 AM -- shows the man bound and gagged and it looks like he's being held hostage.
The Afghan Taliban on Tuesday released the professors held hostage for more than three years, completing a delayed prisoner exchange.
Some hints, that is, of how we got into our present predicament of being held hostage by a throbbing blister.
Or, as I often lovingly refer to it, being held hostage as the helpless sounding board for people's misdirected rage.
"The world's most powerful central bank is being held hostage by markets that want ever more monetary stimulus," he said.
VIPER CLUB Susan Sarandon plays a mother weighing her options when her son, a journalist, is held hostage by terrorists.
Europe 1 reported the woman had been held hostage by men pretending to be plumbers at her home in Lyon.
We are all victims of his use of the platform, held hostage by his whims, conditioned by his impulsive rantings.
The real business of the nation should not be held hostage to innuendo, leak-based sniping and early morning tweets.
Three other worshippers were held hostage until the assailants were killed, one of them was badly wounded during the attack.
"Yet another reason we insist on #MedicareforAll: so your healthcare won't be held hostage to negotiate lower wages," she added.
They've been held hostage by oppressive community systems and silenced in the interest of institutional concerns for far too long.
It should also not be held hostage by the administration's arbitrary steel and aluminum tariff exemption deadline of May 85033.
The chief of staff, who had been reported held hostage by the rebels, has been rescued, a senior official said.
Government officials and supporters say the offensive is liberating residents held hostage by the insurgents, who indiscriminately shell government districts.
"Our federal employees deserve to be treated with respect, not held hostage as political pawns," Sanders said during his address.
Gary Lindsey, 35, reportedly killed four young children he held hostage before committing suicide Monday evening after a standoff with authorities.
In the camps in Bangladesh, over a million people live in misery, held hostage to a profoundly unsettling contradiction, he said.
You're basically held hostage in a lot of ways, and that's why the ad experiences on broadcast is almost universally bad.
President Jimmy Carter agonized over embassy workers held hostage by Iran for 444 days and sent an ill-fated rescue mission.
BABAK NAWAZI (PH), FATHER AND BROTHER BEING HELD HOSTAGE: I just need my loved ones home before it&aposs too late.
Dozens of people were held hostage in the Splendid as chaos broke out on the street and the assailants barged in.
Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell warned that a government funding bill should not be held "hostage" to the immigration debate.
They are the ones being held hostage, often tortured and starved while their families fight tooth and nail for their release.
"This one life is far too precious to be held hostage by what I might miss on the screen," he wrote.
Maybe negotiate for the release of some missionaries from North Korea — missionaries are always being held hostage in North Korea. 3.
One other American is believed to be held hostage in Afghanistan or Pakistan: writer Paul Overby, who is in his 70s.
Being held hostage to the outcome of a big drug trial or the next quarter's trading revenue does not instill confidence.
A woman in  — you guessed it — Australia was held hostage in her car for about 20 minutes by a hair spider.
Much of the rest of the Republican legislative agenda has been held hostage by a desire to push through tax reform.
Once again, the defense budget is being held hostage by the constraints imposed by the Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA).
The wall would be permanent, while protection for the DACA recipients would be temporary and they could be held hostage again.
Last time fans saw Jesse, he was held hostage by white supremacists who were forcing him to cook in a compound.
"We're sort of being held hostage in the middle, and we have families and obligations," said Ms. Ivey, a single mother.
This means that there are no active judicial proceedings against me — I'm simply being held hostage in violation of the Constitution.
We don't have to be held hostage by it, or by the gloryhole, or by the seediness of the entire situation.
The Americans held hostage in Iran brought an audience to fledgling CNN and paved the way for 24-hour cable news.
The ethical and strategic imperative to protect civilians in future conflicts is too important to be held hostage to partisan politics.
The sequence keeps the upbeat spirit of the movie and gives the audience less of a feeling of being held hostage.
Without the basic staple of nutritious and healthy food, progress stops, people die, and whole communities are held hostage to hunger.
He had been held hostage by longing for years; mere language was not going to suffice to convey how he felt.
Ambassador Hashmi urged member states to pay their dues, saying important U.N. business should not be "held hostage" to financial constraints.
Barker also attempted to have Nourn's family kidnapped and held hostage to force Nourn to take full responsibility for the murder.
Richard Simmons is doing "perfectly fine" contrary to reports he's being held hostage by his housekeeper ... at least according to cops.
Danny Burch, an oil worker, was reportedly kidnapped by armed men in Yemen last year and held hostage for 18 months.
Dorothy's son and husband (whose ear Jeffrey has found) are being held hostage by a psychopathic gangster, Frank Booth (Dennis Hopper).
Do I really want to go back to making a television series when I'm maybe held hostage signing a long-term contract?
Gary Lindsey, 35, killed four young children he held hostage before committing suicide Monday evening after a standoff with authorities, police said.
"When you're being held hostage by the U.S. government, you need to know your options," Orman said in an interview with MONEY.
Glenn and Michonne are being held hostage after trying to bring Daryl home when he left the community intent on killing Dwight.
At Homecoming, Walter is determined to prove to Shrier that they are not being held hostage and have the right to leave.
There crew and passengers were held hostage for several hours and stripped of their personal belongings before the pirates fled, Chene said.
The wife was held hostage for 12 hours and suffered serious injuries, while the husband was killed and thrown into the sea.
If that is the case, then why should Americans who want their health care rights be held hostage by those who don't?
He said he is being held hostage by the Ambazonia Restoration Forces that had said the national day should not be celebrated.
The promise of bitcoin was that your money wouldn't be held hostage by a failing bank, but that's exactly what had happened.
Tollison&aposs family said at a news conference that officers showed no regard for her life while she was briefly held hostage.
Negotiations, hosted by Ecuador, were delayed from November pending the release of a politician the group held hostage for nearly 10 months.
A cab driver who was held hostage for a week by the three men did not receive any of the reward money.
In 2015, then-candidate Trump swore to bring Levinson home, along with the three other Americans held hostage in Iran, if elected.
But instances of high-tech hacks and online ransom demands can hit a company's business more than an executive being held hostage.
The Taira's tactics were stunning: child emperors abducted, the imperial regalia held hostage, sons of defeated rivals murdered with Herod-like ruthlessness.
For more than two hours, the fourth round of the tournament was held hostage because a definitive ruling had not been made.
Since September 11, 2001, more than 1,200 Westerners from at least 32 countries have been held hostage by militant groups and pirates.
BRUSSELS — It has come to this for the European Union: Its trade policy was being held hostage on Thursday by the Walloons.
Another point of commonality: We do not appreciate having our bikes held hostage due to problems in other sectors of the economy.
Opinion FOR the past half-century, the world economy has been held hostage by just one country: the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Especially he is a man who carries such a heavy burden, having six million brothers and sisters being held hostage by China.
An unknown number of people at the factory were said to be held hostage, and police attempted to communicate with the gunman.
Our Latino children's education and future can no longer be held hostage by good intentions based on a false definition of solidarity.
The family of Robert Levinson, a former FBI agent held hostage in Iran, said U.S. officials informed them that he is dead.
Many have drowned; others have wound up rotting in Libyan prisons or being held hostage by human traffickers in the Sinai Peninsula.
Relatives of those who displease the authorities are threatened, beaten, held hostage, expelled from the republic or have their homes burned down.
The ransomware attack, in which data was held hostage by malicious software, has highlighted the changing and growing nature of digital crime.
"The market has basically been held hostage by the trade negotiations," the firm's chief investment officer told CNBC's "Trading Nation" on Friday.
If solutions to our big challenges exist, we need not be held hostage to the demands of the far right and left.
Europe 1 reported that the woman had been held hostage by men pretending to be plumbers at her home in Lyon, France.
"Vulnerable (immigrant children) cannot and should not be held hostage to an administration's flight of whimsy," wrote District Judge Paul A. Crotty.
Pastor Troy Randall, who lives in northwest Baltimore, said that his neighborhood has been "held hostage" by drug sales and associated violence.
Our safety and progress are being held hostage by the GOP leadership, and no amount of Twitter-inspired meetings can stop that.
When Mikey is kidnapped and held hostage by mob boss Eddie King (Cage), his brother JP turns to a detective for help.
Also held hostage in the studio are two of Lorenz's own printing presses and a 211-year archive of her personal work.
The head of the armed forces, Hulusi Akar, was held hostage at the base during the coup attempt but was eventually rescued.
It was just the routine of my life—every day, my happiness held hostage by the erratic whims and moods of my dad.
Their departure quashed concerns that some might be held hostage, and lowered the chances that the standoff might lead to violence or miscalculations.
Mr. Anderson was accused of, among other things, attempting to bribe a nurse to make statements that Mr. Lee was being held hostage.
I can't believe that we're being held hostage over a wall that has nothing to do with what I do for a living.
In 1990, Ali met with Saddam Hussein in Baghdad to attempt to negotiate the release of Americans held hostage in Iraq and Kuwait.
And I don't want to see us ever held hostage to a foreign country to heat our homes or to power our nation.
"Bullish wagers will be held hostage to the soggy global growth outlook," Stephen Innes, managing partner at Vanguard Markets, said in a note.
Last year, hackers targeted the city's 911 emergency system, but this time around, the city government's files are being held hostage by ransomware.
According to a Baltimore Sun report, the ransomware works by employing a "file-locking" virus to encrypt files, which are then held hostage.
Sansa Stark, after so many seasons of being held hostage, emerged as the true heir of Winterfell and the queen of the North.
Police allege the fatal victim, a 14-year-old, and a 16-year-old were all held hostage in the same Houston apartment.
Neeraj Raghuwanshi, who said he was one of the seven employees held hostage, has been calling for help on Twitter since Nov. 27.
Was it WannaCry, a ransomware attack unprecedented in scale that held hostage computers in 150 countries in May, including Britain's National Health Service?
The premise of the film centers on a "c-list celebrity" being kidnapped and held hostage after making an appearance at a nightclub.
Family held hostage by Taliban freed after 5 years "He wants to be home," Patrick Boyle told CNN from his home in Canada.
This also signals an end to the Democratic establishment, and Democratic Party in general, being held hostage to President Obama's rapprochement with Iran.
In 1999, Fan Man-yee, a nightclub hostess, was kidnapped by three men and held hostage in an apartment in a multistory building.
We have a whole government that is held hostage to the personal needs of the Prime minister and can't operate in this way.
In 1980, White House press secretary Jody Powell knowingly lied about an attempt to rescue United States diplomats being held hostage in Iran.
We are held hostage to a bunch of letters, numbers and characters with an occasional happy face at the end of the sentence.
Voters are being held hostage by hollow promises from both parties that Supreme Court nominations and Washington power will make their lives better.
This action would ensure that a qualified jurist could be held hostage to an angry minority faction still seething over their November drubbing.
I saw Mia Love, she would call me all the time to help her with a hostage situation, being held hostage in Venezuela.
John Limbert belongs to an exclusive club — the 52 American diplomats held hostage by Iran for 444 days during the 2903 Islamic Revolution.
The film follows Gabrielle Union as a mother trying to rescue her children who are being held hostage by intruders in her house.
Millions of Americans feel held hostage to Washington's wrangling and, consequently, to their own inability to control critical matters in their own lives.
It's total control, all of us held hostage to his cruel sense of humor and his tightfisted attention that centers on only himself.
We cannot allow American taxpayers and federal employees to be held hostage by Congress' inability to pass a budget resolution and appropriations bills.
There is a sense that they were predisposed to being private but were also simply held hostage to the mores of their time.
He is not being held hostage inside his Hollywood Hills mansion, he and his publicist insist, contrary to suspicions of several longtime associates.
National Parks should not be held hostage in a political pissing contest," there's a response like "WHAT AN EXCUSE TO FIGHT MY PRESIDENT!
Ridsdel had been held hostage along with three others since they were abducted from a resort in the southern Philippines in September last year.
"My brain was racing," Nutter tells PEOPLE in this week's cover story recounting Jayme's ordeal and miraculous escape after nearly three months held hostage.
"We can't allow science to be held hostage," University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign climate researcher and report co-author Donald Wuebbles told Nature.
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A Swedish citizen held hostage by al Qaeda militants for nearly six years has been released, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
Money Monsters stars George Clooney and Julia Roberts as a TV personality and producer, respectively, who are suddenly held hostage by an angry investor.
The pair were held hostage by the Haqqani network, an organization with ties to the Taliban, in Afghanistan for much of the five years.
Slutever host Karley Sciortino probes the psychology behind the desire to be captured and held hostage by taking part in a theatrical kidnapping fantasy.
We've restored public lands "for the benefit & enjoyment of the people," improved public access & shall never be held hostage again for our energy needs.
Even award-show shoo-ins like Kate McKinnon and Tina Fey stonily delivered their lines as though their families were being held hostage backstage.
Police have rescued a 70-year-old teacher who was held hostage by a parent at a Southern California school for nearly seven hours.
Patients may also run up against a clinic's punitive policies for minor infractions, such as doses held hostage until additional mandatory counseling is completed.
LONDON (Reuters) - Two Britons and their Congolese driver held hostage in Democratic Republic of Congo have been released, Virunga National Park said on Sunday.
He was held hostage until 2014 when, in a controversial exchange, President Barack Obama negotiated his release in exchange for five Guantanamo Bay detainees.
It doesn't take long to find her, but there's a catch: She's held hostage by freaks straight out of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
What's happening: Per Reuters, the email did not say how many guards are being held hostage or provide information on any deaths or injuries.
"I saw Mia Love, she called me all the time to help her with a hostage situation, being held hostage in Venezuela," Trump said.
And while he warned that, "America will not be held hostage to nuclear blackmail," he did not mention the Americans being held in Iran.
" Tyner added, "Our community will not be held hostage by a few idiots intent on jeopardizing our safety and the safety of our children.
Innovation, modernization and economic growth cannot be held hostage by highway funding formulas or the years it will take to update our country's infrastructure.
Soon he asked Mr. Lopez to raise ransom to free hundreds of members of the Yazidi religious minority held hostage by the Islamic State.
Another preview of "The Last of Us Part II" introduced us to a new group of characters being held hostage by a violent crew.
This prompted widespread speculation that the prime minister was "held hostage," as well as consensus among analysts that Saudi Arabia forced Hariri to resign.
Out of uniform, however, these patriots were held hostage by the commander-in-chief of a country they fought at all costs to defend.
Imagine being held hostage and countries all around the globe want to rescue you but those countries golf with the people holding you hostage.
Investors have been held hostage until they paid Bitcoin or Ether ransoms worth millions of dollars, as criminals increasingly target at the crypto-rich.
The approval process for this pipeline was held hostage for nine years to political considerations that have no place in the federal permitting process.
By acting decisively to take out Soleimani, President Trump has shown solidarity with a people held hostage to a brutal and murderous terrorist regime.
The students stormed the embassy soon after the fall of the U.S.-backed shah, and 52 Americans were held hostage there for 444 days.
One other American is believed to be held hostage by the group in Afghanistan or Pakistan: writer Paul Overby, who is in his 70s.
There also are an unknown number of Americans held hostage by terrorist groups and other nonstate actors, including al- Qaida and the Islamic State.
The family of Robert Levinson, considered to be the longest-held hostage in U.S. history, said they were "extremely disappointed" that he remains imprisoned.
" During its run Lucille Ball and Mr. Connors produced a crossover episode of her sitcom "Here's Lucy," titled "Lucy and Mannix Are Held Hostage.
Several hundred children were also killed in combat or held hostage by armed groups as human shields, a United Nations agency reported this year.
Luckily, David Hogg and his family weren't even home when the Broward County Sheriff's Office got a prank call that he was being held hostage.
And we have been held hostage by these environmental terrorist groups that have not allowed public access, that refuse to allow the harvest of timber.
Each village has an animal pound where a herder's livestock is "held hostage" until he has paid the agreed fine to the farmer, he added.
The more time they spend being held hostage, the more we learn about the killer—and what led to the girls' life-or-death predicament.
In the scene where Yara is being held hostage, and Theon is looking around, you can see Euron's men cutting the tongues from the crew.
President Trump cheers the homecoming of two Americans held hostage in North Korea, upon their arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on May 10.
But right now it's so hard to conceive of a party being held hostage by a demography in decline and it building a winning coalition.
Kevin King, an American professor held hostage by the Taliban, is in poor health , according to a statement released by the extremist group on Monday.
We have very clear objectives of making sure that no American city is going to be held hostage with a nuclear weapon by North Korea.
Companies like Salesforce are not held hostage by macro events because they are all about digitizing the power of social, mobile, cloud and artificial intelligence.
And just last week, Baltimore was hit by a successful ransomware attack that demanded 13 bitcoin to decrypt city files that were being held hostage.
The group said last week that at least 17 journalists and media workers were being held hostage in Yemen by armed groups including the Houthis.
The woman who had been held hostage was released and was unharmed, Ashton said, while Crisp confirmed the three officers' injuries were not life-threatening.
"It's humiliating to Barack Obama and therefore the United States to have American sailors held hostage during his final State of the Union," Cotton said.
Austin Tice: The Trump administration set up a backchannel to try and secure the release of the journalist, who is being held hostage in Syria.
"I saw Mia Love, she would call me all the time to help her with a hostage situation, being held hostage in Venezuela," Trump said.
An American missionary is opening up about the horrific conditions he and his wife endured while being held hostage for nearly two years by Venezuela.
After Orange Is the New Black episodes were basically held hostage, HBO's higher-ups could be wary of something similar happening to its tentpole show.
Using a standalone car GPS means your smartphone doesn't have to be held hostage and you don't have to rely on a live data connection.
Massachusetts' Division of Banks simply rejected the notion that the state was held hostage to a company that failed in its basic bargain to citizens.
Americans are also no longer held hostage by the previous administration's ObamaCare individual mandate, the impact of which was disproportionately felt by lower-income workers.
When his draconian tactics have failed, Lloyd simply ordered the young woman in question to be held hostage to stop her from getting an abortion.
Abe also said he stressed to Trump the need to bring up Japanese citizens being held hostage in North Korea during the summit next week.
Hanks received critical acclaim for his performance as Phillips, who miraculously survived being held hostage by Somali pirates off the coast of Somalia in 2009. 
Today, however, is bad enough: My farm business is now under siege, held hostage by a trade war that my neighbors and I never wanted.
Ransom, is a nerve-quickening account of high school kids held hostage on their school bus by a deranged man who has killed the driver.
Paul on Sunday called for an "open process" for the discussions, but said the DACA program "has been held hostage" by individuals in both parties.
Two aid workers held hostage by Boko Haram were executed last year after they were kidnapped in a hospital in a displacement camp in Rann.
Bitter after having her sentence extended, Ruiz (Jessica Pimentel) became an enthusiastic tormentor of those corrections officers whom the prisoners held hostage during the riots.
Eurozone officials are eager to do the same so their banks are not held hostage, as they see it, by regulators in the United States.
Now the photos are coming from inside the house — they must, to convince an audience of casual observers that she is not being held hostage.
Fifty-two American diplomats and support personnel were held hostage for 444 days in the takeover, which has shaped the two countries' relationship ever since.
Locals estimate that there are no more than 300 rebel fighters in Madaya, a tiny portion of the 42,000 residents who are being held hostage.
The International Committee of the Red Cross thinks she may still be alive, making her the longest-held hostage in the group's 156-year history.
If she is still alive, she would be the longest-held hostage in the 156-year history of the International Committee of the Red Cross.
The raid left more than 160 people dead, many of them tourists and hotel guests and workers who had been held hostage before being executed.
Never held hostage by the density of his own ideas, Mr. Klein has become an outsider icon to jazz devotees of the past 2864 years.
When four of our journalists were beaten and held hostage by the Libyan military, the State Department played a critical role in securing their release.
The 23 children held hostage were all aged around 10, with the exception of one baby, Anil Mishra, Superintendent of Police for Farrukhabad, told CNN.
The current healthcare fiasco is Exhibit A: Held hostage by the fringe of their party, Republican leaders are unable to attempt a reasonable, bipartisan compromise.
" He has also derided the impeachment inquiry, arguing, "We can't have the president of the United States, no matter who it is, being held hostage.
Wilson called it an "outrage" when I was brought by the Iraqis to a house where Americans held hostage were taken for a Thanksgiving meal.
" Related: This is what it's like to be held hostage by Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines "If they see an American, they would kill him.
It's a fairly common method among media companies, which had long argued that news publishers shouldn't be held hostage by shareholders out for pure profit.
ROME (Reuters) - An Italian man held hostage in Syria since April 2016 has been freed and is returning home, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Friday.
The fear is that the UK could effectively be held hostage as member states try to get concessions from the EU on issues unrelated to Brexit.
Perhaps the best way to look at the problem is this: How safe would we feel in a city where people are routinely being held hostage?
"It is simply unacceptable that efforts to counter the spread of Zika and develop a vaccine are being held hostage by Republican partisanship," the Democrats wrote.
Progress in the military campaign has been slow because hundreds of civilians are still trapped or being held hostage, some as human shields, the military said.
A group of French journalists kidnapped and held hostage by the Islamic State have identified Nemmouche as one of their jailers and accused him of torture.
The police report said one daughter told officers they had been held hostage in their room without food or water for a week before the attack.
He also issued a veiled appeal to the Iranian people, who he said are being held "hostage" by their government, to rise up against their oppressors.
Image credit: Associated Press"I wasn't being held hostage," Chris Christie said today, explaining why popular interpretations of his haunted expression on Super Tuesday are wrong.
He was taken by small boat to Mexico where he was held hostage by smugglers looking for a big money payout from the future MLB star.
As ISIS is being squeezed into even smaller territory -- a handful of neighborhoods and Mosul's old city -- the civilians held hostage are running out of food.
The IOM in Algeria has received three reports this year from friends and relatives of African migrants held hostage and forced to work in the country.
He reaped even more publicity after he was kidnapped at gunpoint in 2309 and held hostage in a Days Inn before talking his way to freedom.
His patient wasn't actually ungrateful or difficult—she was in the beginning stages of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from being held hostage and getting shot.
"The party of Lincoln and Reagan will never be held hostage by a con artist," the senator from Florida told supporters in Miami on Tuesday night.
ABUJA (Reuters) - A medical aid worker held hostage in Nigeria since March was killed by Islamist militants after their deadline expired, the government said on Monday.
" Secondly, that he was "being held hostage by his housekeeper who was controlling Mr. Simmons, taking advantage of his weak mental state and engaging in witchcraft.
As ISIS is being squeezed into even smaller territory -- a handful of neighborhoods and Mosul's Old City -- the civilians held hostage are running out of food.
One of the many people held hostage in the bathroom of Orlando's Pulse nightclub during Sunday morning's mass shooting is sharing her harrowing account of survival.
Related: This is what it's like to be held hostage by Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines Flor was kidnapped alongside Hall, Ridsdel and Sekkingstad in September.
Instead, he said, he wanted to carry out reforms including changing the constitution to strengthen the president's powers so he is not held hostage by parliament.
"The danger is the unintended consequence of an American citizen abroad being arrested and held hostage to the arresting state's economic, trade desires," Zeldin told CNN.
Since then, Lopez Obrador has repeatedly stressed the importance of making Mexico more self-sufficient economically so it cannot be held hostage to threats from abroad.
"I saw Mia Love, she called me all the time to help her with a hostage situation, being held hostage in Venezuela," Trump told reporters Wednesday.
Trump said in a tweet last week that Brunson was being held hostage and that Erdogan should "do something to free this wonderful Christian husband & father".
Sweden is in talks with North Korea to negotiate the release of three American citizens being held hostage by the government in Pyongyang, CNN reported Sunday.
Hariri and his wife arrived in France on Saturday, two weeks after his shocking resignation sparked speculation that he was being held hostage in Saudi Arabia.
Finally, this is an opportunity for all of us to come together and envision a world where men and women aren't held hostage to their past.
In the 35 days of the latest shutdown, our public servants were held hostage by the very government to which they committed their talent and loyalty.
Warmbier, a 2900-year-old student, died in 220006 after being returned to the United States in a coma after being held hostage in North Korea.
Known as the Lindt cafe siege, two people were killed and 18 others were held hostage by an Iranian-born gunman who demanded an ISIS flag.
Hope it stays that way... 9.00am - Turkey's EU minister Omer Celik says coup situation "90 percent under control" but some commanders are still being held hostage.
An American woman and her Canadian husband who were held hostage by militants in Afghanistan for five years have been freed, along with their young children.
"If we can reach across the aisle, we can get things done and not be held hostage by 30 or 40 people," said Representative Peter King.
Along with the intended Qaeda targets, the strike killed two Western aid workers being held hostage: Giovanni Lo Porto, an Italian, and Warren Weinstein, an American.
A member of Parliament was ceremonially held hostage in Buckingham Palace while the queen visits Westminster, just in case the lawmakers decided not to return her.
Now, Malcolm is being held hostage and the F.B.I. bands with the police to save him with help from Ainsley (Halston Sage) and Jessica (Bellamy Young).
"Dreamers should not be held hostage to President Trump's crusade to tear families apart and waste billions of American tax dollars on an ineffective wall," Sen.
"We will not negotiate the status of unlawful immigrants while [the country] is being held hostage by Democrats," Short told reporters at an impromptu press briefing.
Aides were 'being held hostage,' Guaido tweets Guaido, who has been recognized as interim president by more than 50 nations, tweeted about the detentions earlier Thursday.
He reaped even more publicity after he was kidnapped at gunpoint in 2400 and held hostage in a Days Inn before talking his way to freedom.
Which means that unless the trade war ends soon — an unlikely prospect — the world economy will be held hostage by China's malfeasance and Trump's misguided views.
Breitbart published a story about photojournalist Matt Schrier, who says he was "betrayed" by Mueller's FBI when he was held hostage by al-Qaida in 93.
Gou also hit back at critics "trying to make (me out as) 'red' by saying that I will be held hostage" due to Foxconn's investments in China.
But Fadil Djemail, Yashar's boss and project coordinator at Iriz, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation that the people of Shutka are being "held hostage" by political leaders.
"The German woman and her baby who was born while she was held hostage are in good condition considering the circumstances," the ministry said in a statement.
An Iranian diplomat held hostage in Yemen since 2013 returned home to Tehran in 2015 amid conflicting accounts of how he was freed from his unidentified abductors.
The kids are being held hostage somewhere This theory relies heavily on the yellow ribbons we see at the end of the last episode of season 1.
Pedro testified that he was held hostage for 230 days before he was abruptly released and left on a deserted road in the middle of the night.
While the film is based on a fictional story, it echoes real-life kidnapping victims such as Austria's Natascha Kampusch, who was held hostage for eight years.
DOHA (Reuters) - A German national held hostage in Yemen was airlifted to Muscat on Tuesday after neighboring Oman helped negotiate a release, the Omani foreign ministry said.
To be fair, the press conference of lies in December also featured R2-D2, but we have to assume that the poor robot was being held hostage.
In the episode, Mauro Oliveira – a longtime friend and former masseuse – repeated his shocking allegations that Simmons, 68, is being held hostage by his housekeeper, Teresa Reveles.
Its death is made worse by the fact that its soul is held hostage inside Apple Maps, which is still inferior compared to Google's own digital cartography.
"No, I wasn't being held hostage," Christie told journalists in New Jersey today, referring to his much-memed appearance at Trump's victory press conference on Super Tuesday.
This is why the Foley family started The James W. Foley Legacy Foundation to advocate for the freedom of all Americans held hostage and wrongfully detained abroad.
The police stormed an apartment in the southern town of Derbent after obtaining information that a wounded senior officer held hostage by the militants was probably dead.
Militants aligned with ISIS in Nigeria have killed a heath-care worker who was being held hostage after their demands were not met by the Nigerian government.
MANILA — Ten sailors from Indonesia who had been held hostage in the Philippines for more than a month were released on Sunday, officials from both countries said.
The Children's Health Insurance Program was allowed to lapse at the end of September, held hostage for a concession on the "Dreamers" in the recent government shutdown.
Last year, North Korea released American student Otto Warmbier, who had been held hostage by the country for 17 months and who died shortly after his release.
The wife of a former key Islamic militant was charged on Monday with supporting terrorism that helped kill an American woman held hostage in the Middle East.
The more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls from the village of Chibok, whose abduction inspired the #BringBackOurGirls campaign, are still being held hostage after more than two years.
Read more: Passengers share vacation disasters from the Thomas Cook collapse, including a ruined $41,000 wedding and 'being held hostage' by angry staff at a Tunisian hotel
Kosovo will not be held hostage by a small group of violent religious extremists whose absolutist interpretation of Islam is overwhelmingly at odds with our secular tradition.
Georgia is a well-meaning mother held hostage by her patronizing but rule-breaking teenage son and two younger children, both of whom are still breast-feeding.
This term was first used in 1973, to describe the responses of several employees held hostage for six days in a bank vault hostages in Stockholm, Sweden.
The terror that has gripped their elected officials, however, is fear of the wealthy gun lobby, to which they have let themselves be held hostage for decades.
His disappearance only added to the trauma of a nation that had days earlier witnessed a failed military coup in which lawmakers were held hostage in Parliament.
But it's nice to know that there are people out there doing other things besides being held hostage by the current horrors of the daily news cycle.
"We're being held hostage as a bargaining chip," said Rafael Robles, 203, a DACA recipient in Chicago who owns an architecture, design and real estate development firm.
We got the story behind the release of an American woman, her Canadian husband and their children, who were held hostage by the Taliban-linked Haqqani network.
Since the revolution of 2011, the country's oil and gas resources have been held hostage to both its fractious politics and power struggles in the Middle East.
Why do we try to write while held hostage by cookie-cutter offices, zapped by overhead fluorescence and pinged by electronic apps of varying degrees of annoyance?
They are framing the debate as being about a program that is too important to be held hostage to any push for changes, lest gridlock kill it.
The woman, who gave her name as Nora, said that in August they were held hostage until a family member in Houston transferred $2,200 to their captors.
It views the world as a place on the edge of collapse, chaotic and dangerous, where international institutions are ineffective, held hostage to the West's ambitions and delusions.
The radio traffic also indicated that a negotiator was concerned about a woman being held hostage and repeatedly asked to talk to a male hostage, to no avail.
An American woman, her Canadian husband, and their three children were freed from captivity on Wednesday after being held hostage by Taliban-linked for five years, officials announced.
Amina Ali told CNN in August that she was held hostage by Boko Haram for more than two years, and was married off a year into her ordeal.
Simmons' withdrawal from the public eye sparked rumors of him being held hostage in his home against his will to rumors that he was transitioning into a woman.
An inmate-led riot at the Tombs in 1970 led to five COs being held hostage; eventually, a bargain was struck with Mayor John Lindsay for their freedom.
As many as 20 people were still being held hostage at the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka, the nation's capital, according to CNN and The New York Times.
The unbelievable video, which looks like the couple have been held hostage in North Korea, was played to court on Monday as Heard and Depp were in attendance.
Abu Dhabi, UAE (CNN)Members of the Qatari royal family held hostage in Iraq since 2015 were among 26 Qataris released on Friday, a Qatari source told CNN.
"Money Monster" goes the melodrama route, with a TV investment pundit, played by George Clooney, held hostage by a blue-collar worker (Jack O'Connell) who's lost his savings.
While Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt manages to be a comedy, the inspiration for the show — a young girl getting kidnapped and held hostage for years — is actually extremely dark.
The night before his big court hearing for allegedly kidnapping his groundskeeper, Rick Ross was being held hostage by a lot of shaking ass at a strip club.
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Cast members of a popular television show asking people to pray for them and privately telling a leading industry reporter they were being held hostage would be strange.
But it takes political will to change how money and power are distributed, and political will is often held hostage by people who already have money and power.
President Trump on Thursday praised the Pakistani government for helping secure the release of a North American family that had been held hostage by a Taliban-linked group.
The people's will should not be compromised, second-guessed, or held hostage by politicians who are unwilling to recognize that they are on the wrong side of history.
A cab driver who was held hostage for a week by the three men did not receive any of the reward money, and his lawyer is considering suing.
While these compromises provide some hope for the A.C.A., CHIP's fate, and health care for nine million children, is being held hostage by Republican extremists in the House.
The identities of the American and South Korean citizens, both women who had been held hostage for 28 days, were not immediately made public by the French authorities.
"Whatever it is they get twisted about, we get held hostage," said Nick Allin, a Georgia native and 22-year film industry veteran who works as a grip.
For the following 37 years, Carter's presidency has been held hostage in a way, too — to the string of missteps, the missed opportunities and the two-dimensional image.
He has harshly cracked down on activists, imprisoned royal family members and businessmen without due process on corruption charges and briefly held hostage the prime minister of Lebanon.
As strange as it sounds, two Domino's workers have previously been credited with saving the lives of two women who were being held hostage in two separate incidents.
By raising rates on CNP transactions, Visa can still secure significant interchange revenue without losing acceptance because they have US e-commerce purchases held hostage to a degree.
" He said he would no longer be "held hostage by a rigged Japanese justice system where guilt is presumed, discrimination is rampant, and basic human rights are denied.
"Ghosn said he would "no longer be held hostage by a rigged Japanese justice system where guilt is presumed, discrimination is rampant, and basic human rights are denied.
At one stage military commanders were held hostage by the plotters and by Saturday evening — 24 hours after the coup was launched — some operations against rebels were continuing.
What he's saying: U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon of Washington justified the large sum of the damages, saying it aimed to prevent Americans from being held hostage.
London (CNN Business)Forty-nine journalists were killed this year, 57 are being held hostage and 389 are currently in prison, nonprofit group Reporters Without Borders said Tuesday.
Our sources say the track featuring Post will be the last one added to the album, which was, as you well know by now, held hostage for years.
Turkey's minister for European Union relations Omer Celik said the situation i "90 percent under control", but some military commanders are still being held hostage by pro-coup officers.
"New Yorkers will not be held hostage by an administration intent on restraining the sovereign rights of states, while it simultaneously enacts discriminatory policies across the country," James said.
Now it's not just a virtual pet at stake; it's my friends, my family, and my work being held hostage in order to keep me pressing these stupid buttons.
Shreveport Police allege that Rannita Williams, 27, was being held hostage on Thursday by ex-boyfriend Johnathan Robinson, 36, when she started broadcasting live on the social media site.
Each is being held hostage to the same short game Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was playing last Friday when he asked NATO allies to increase their defense spending.
Progress in the military campaign has been slow because hundreds of civilians are still trapped or being held hostage in the urban heart of the town, officials have said.
Eager to mitigate the harm and disruption to students, the college elected to pay the demanded $28,000 ransom to decrypt the computer systems and files the criminals held hostage.
It says it needs the money because the site has been held "hostage" by a vendor, who is blocking access to its domain name, ad revenue, and backend code.
One factor slowing down government efforts to quell the violence are the 300 people who are still being held hostage, Duterte said at a news conference following the address.
And we are committed to securing your access to alternate sources of energy, so Poland and its neighbors are never again held hostage to a single supplier of energy.
Desperation in Mosul As ISIS has been squeezed to just a handful of Mosul neighborhoods, including the Old City, the civilians held hostage there are running out of food.
Just as it was unwilling to be blackmailed by the same tactics of Libya's Moammar Gadhafi, the EU should not allow itself to be held hostage by Mr. Erdoğan.
Casts and crews were held hostage as they withstood Kubrick's infinite futzing, and audiences were held in eager suspense by P.R. campaigns that often oversold the films' commercial appeal.
Is it right that housing for Shirley Henderson and other older adults as well as for people with disabilities, is being held hostage to partisan fights over unrelated issues?
He said small businesses "believe they are being held hostage in a bureaucratic twilight zone waiting to see if they're going to escape," calling the process slow and difficult.
Aoun said at the time Hariri was being held against his will in Riyadh -- a claim Hariri denied -- and speculation swirled in Lebanon that he was being held hostage.
Rome is even considering suspending a bond payment due by Veneto Banca on June 21, in order to prevent the plan being held hostage by a potential legal dispute.
Bowe Bergdahl, an American soldier who, after leaving his post, was held hostage by the Taliban for five years, became a recurring theme of Donald Trump's unruly campaign speeches.
"Bota of South African nationality, held hostage, was released this Thursday...after 41 days in the forest," the account said, adding he had been released after negotiations last week.
"Bota of South African nationality, held hostage, was released this Thursday...after 41 days in the forest," the account said, adding he had been released after negotiations last week.
In Cameroon earlier this month, dozens of students kidnapped from a boarding school were freed after being held hostage for about two days, according to local and military officials.
The crushing finale of Carter's presidency, the 444 days when American diplomats were held hostage in Iran, demonstrated his essential humanity even as it cemented an image of fecklessness.
What's more, with the system's civilian checks and balances held hostage by Mr. Duterte's popularity, the military seems to be the best, if unlikely, guardian of Philippine democracy today.
Held hostage by opportunistic separatist authorities, they are simultaneously cast as outlaws by the Ukrainian government — as separatist sympathizers and disloyal citizens, whose sin was having been taken hostage.
He was referring to the Talibans' release of American and Australian professors, held hostage for over three years, in November in return for the release of three Taliban commanders.
Last year, the National Consumer Complaint Database received more than 4,000 complaints from consumers for everything from a delayed delivery to having their goods held hostage by their movers.
Mr. Ryan told colleagues he refused to be held hostage by the upstarts, then gambled that he would find enough votes to pass the legislation, despite unified Democratic opposition.
Just think of it: if our citizens were "held hostage" in a foreign country, there would be hell to pay but, in our own country, there are no consequences.
The Season 3 opener finds Malotru held hostage by the Islamic State, sending his colleagues scrambling into missions in the Middle East with the ultimate purpose of retrieving him.
"Our forces have on Wednesday morning rescued eight Indian crew who had been held hostage by Somali pirates in El Hur area," said the Hobyo police chief, Bashir Elmi.
"Addressing this issue must be a priority for the European authorities to ensure European citizens and businesses are no longer held hostage to national industrial relations issues," Varadi said.
Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)An aid worker who was held hostage by Boko Haram for seven months has been executed after a deadline for negotiations expired, the Nigerian government said.
We're kind of ... People feel held hostage by them, and we're gonna try and create — capital create — a certification, and create a business environment where the good players can thrive.
Residents he had spoken were not being held hostage by separatists but "are only worried about what might happen if the police and military come into their area", he said.
The only likely effect would have been to ensure the deaths of the approximately 180 passengers held hostage, when at that point they were not actually in any great danger.
"The worst thing is that (the migrants) are being held hostage as a way of blackmailing Europe," said Laura Boldrini, a lawmaker for the left-wing Free and Equal party.
Detective Kevin Becker confirmed that the LAPD went to the fitness guru's home for a welfare check, and said that any idea that Simmons is being held hostage is false.
In the podcast, Mauro Oliveira, a former assistant, masseuse and travel partner of Simmons, claimed that the fitness expert is being held hostage at home by his housekeeper, Teresa Reveles.
I can't in good conscience stand by while racial insults and hatred are cast from the Oval Office, or Chicago is held hostage because of our views on New Americans.
In it, The Weeknd is held hostage by what appears to be his alter-ego, who goes on to destroy his apartment and take off with a kitten-turned-panther.
The day after police confirmed the operation in Causeway Bay, protesters occupying the Hong Kong International Airport assaulted and held hostage two people whom they accused of infiltrating their movement.
White House National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien said Sunday that the US military operation was named after American Kayla Mueller who was held hostage by ISIS and killed in 2015.
Gou also hit back at critics whom he described as "trying to make me (out as) 'red' by saying that I will be held hostage," over Foxconn's investments in China.
As the two professors continue to be held hostage, here's what to know: The kidnapping King, 61, and Weeks, 49, were kidnapped in Kabul by five gunmen in August 2016.
It's not a fix-all solution to phone and internet providers trying to control your usage, but it'll certainly be nice to not be held hostage by one single carrier.
Yasiel Puig, a right-fielder for the Cincinnati Reds, was held hostage by gangsters at a motel in Mexico for months on one of his many attempts to escape Cuba.
In a fourth and harrowing video released on Friday, two Canadian men held hostage for more than six months in the Philippines begged their government to come to their aid.
ROME (Reuters) - Two Italian civilians held hostage in Libya were probably killed this week in fighting in the western Libyan city of Sabratha, the Italian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
"He is anxious to solve that problem, but doesn't feel like the funding of our military and the funding of our government should be held hostage by that," Short said.
"We are committed to securing your access to alternative sources of energy so Poland and its neighbors are never again held hostage to a single supplier of energy," Trump said.
At some point, there will be probably two options for a Republican speaker who actually wants to be able to govern without being held hostage by an insurgent outsider faction.
Now, there's an army of fans who are pissed off that their accounts — and the stuff they've invested time and money into unlocking — are held hostage by platform-specific rules.
The nation, and especially its economy, are being held hostage by the relationship between Mr. Kenyatta and Mr. Odinga, who will most likely face off in the election next year.
Neither of these morally unassailable policies ought to be held hostage to a boondoggle of a border wall or the dismantling of our legal immigration system's emphasis on family unity.
" The DACA recipients who refer to themselves as "dreamers" after the Dream Act that would give them a path to citizenship feel "held hostage for political gain on both sides.
"The DACA issue has been held hostage to people on the left who want their perfect immigration bill or nothing, and people on the right who want nothing," he said.
The urgency of dealing with our borders should not be held hostage by election year legislation and this summer's field hearings; securing our borders must be a national security priority.
An Atlanta couple forced to seek medical treatment while on a cruise vacation now say they're being held "hostage" by a hospital in Mexico over an unpaid $14,000 medical bill.
The officials also said that Vizcaíno had briefly been held hostage by the other suspects, who had not been paid because the shooting wasn't carried out on the intended target.
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Islamist militants released three aid workers and other civilians in northeast Nigeria who had been held hostage since late December, a United Nations official said on Thursday.
He explained that if Johnson had gotten a narrow majority, he would have been "held hostage by the ... hardliners," and the odds of a hard Brexit would have been higher.
The armed forces managed to detain him, but they were forced to let him go after eight of their members were taken by force and held hostage, the government said.
It followed the release by Afghan Taliban on Tuesday of American and Australian university professors held hostage for more than three years, raising hopes for a revival of peace talks.
In the meantime, the rest of the nation's agenda is held hostage including how to support and boost the wages of caregivers in the modern era to benefit us all.
Remember when a guy emailed Huma Abedin at the Clinton Foundation asking for diplomatic passports to fly with Bill Clinton to help rescue journalists being held hostage in North Korea?
Tim Ryan (D-OH) shared the concern: "Critical investments in education, infrastructure, and health care should not be held hostage to budgetary constraints that Republicans have never respected," he said.
O. That has been waiting approval from China's antitrust regulator for months, leading to speculation among investors that the deal is being held hostage to the trade dispute with Washington.
The Iranians released him from house arrest almost two years ago, in exchange for a diplomat being held hostage in Yemen by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the official said.
In terms of the risks, most MNCs do not know who supplies the supplier to their supplier, but they might be held hostage if that distant vendor cannot fulfil its obligations.
The process no longer will be held hostage to a Palestinian political culture that refuses compromise, rewards extremism and insists on holding out — forever, if necessary — until every demand is met.
It's not so much Julian Assange being held hostage in the Ecuadorean embassy, it's actually Julian Assange holding the Ecuadorean embassy hostage in a situation that was absolutely intolerable for them.
The kids held hostage at the border are, in large part, pawns in a larger game by which Trump is trying to coerce Democrats into backing sweeping reforms to legal immigration.
At least 80 journalists were killed, 63 are in jail and another 60 are being held hostage, according to the annual report from Reporters Without Borders, a Paris-based media watchdog.
At least 80 journalists were killed, 348 are in jail and another 60 are being held hostage, according to the annual report from Reporters Without Borders, a Paris-based media watchdog.
So far, the number of cases recorded is below the level considered critical but it nonetheless highlights the hardship faced by civilians who are effectively being held hostage by Islamic State.
Pakistani soldiers freed an American woman and her family of five Thursday who had been held hostage by the Taliban-linked Haqqani network for five years, per the New York Times.
Ghazali Jaafar, a leader of the Muslim separatist group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, appealed to the Maute to free Christians including a Catholic priest, Teresito "Chito" Soganub, being held hostage.
While macro tech advancements can greatly advance applied AI, the algorithm is not totally held hostage to current limits of computation; reinforcement through training also can improve the algorithm's response time.
Now, a deep suspicion is raging against anyone who has lived alongside the group — even girls who were held hostage, repeatedly raped and left to raise infants fathered by their tormentors.
The three men were kidnapped from a ship eight months ago, and their rescue means no other Malaysians are currently held hostage as two others were rescued at sea last week.
An Indian doctor, Sat Prakash, 43, who worked at a nearby clinic had been held hostage but escaped minutes before the army stormed the restaurant, said his friend Jahirul Islam Milton.
"We should no longer be held hostage by other parties who want a better deal," an animated Christopher J. Clark, a representative of a group of exchange bondholders, said on Tuesday.
In the early stages of business growth, it's also important to ensure one customer isn't dominating your revenue stream, so that you aren't held hostage to one company's specific feature set.
The Emiratis, who played a key role in 2019 in freeing Danny Burch, an American oil worker who had been held hostage in Yemen, reopened its embassy in Damascus in 2018.
OTTAWA — Joshua Boyle, the Canadian man who was held hostage along with his American wife in Afghanistan for five years, has been arrested and faces 15 criminal charges, court records show.
Phillies General Manager Matt Klentak said this week that the team would not "be held hostage by one or two players," to which Boras responded Wednesday with a warning of sorts.
She claims she was held hostage in the home for hours, and says when YB and his security guard finally let her leave ... they kept her ID and social security card.
He could have complimented Pakistan for its help last week in freeing an American woman and her Canadian husband who had been held hostage for five years by militants in Afghanistan.
"No one's ability to get health care should be held hostage to an invasive procedure," Kimberly Inez McGuire, executive director of the group URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity, told Vox.
Last week, the Taliban released American and Australian university professors held hostage for more than three years, completing a delayed prisoner swap and raising hopes for a revival of peace talks.
Most of the people inside the bank were able to leave the building but a woman working at the credit union was held hostage for more than six hours, O'Shea said.
But when it comes to ransomware, or a type of cyberattack in which your data is held hostage until a ransom is paid, Herjavec had a simple rule: don't trust hackers.
Salih Zeki Colak, the commander of land forces, who was among 18 generals held hostage by the coup makers, complained that the civilian judges did not understand how the military worked.
The Times adds that the initial attack was followed by a three-hour standoff, with people held hostage until 5 AM, when law enforcement agencies raided the club with armored vehicles.
Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN)Ten Indonesian sailors who had been held hostage by Islamist militant group Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines were released Sunday, Indonesia's President Joko Widodo announced in a televised statement.
It turns out he's being held hostage by Marguerite Baker, the mom of the family, who wants nothing more than for Clancy to lie still and eat the disgusting slop she serves.
After a series of robberies where his mother worked, which culminated in her being held hostage at the business end of a shotgun, she moved her young family to Texas in 2009.
"New Yorkers will not be held hostage by an Administration intent on restraining the sovereign rights of states, while it simultaneously enacts discriminatory policies across the country," James said in a statement.
Christie has been standing by Trump's side since, or in the case of a famous March news conference where social media users questioned whether he was being held hostage, right behind him.
Ann Patchett's 2001 novel Bel Canto tells the story of a group of opera lovers held hostage for months by a rebel group trying to free their comrades from an opposing government.
I&aposm happy that he was working with a Russian billionaire, the oligarch that he somehow convinced the oligarch to give him $103 million to help save an American being held hostage.
Amina Ali, who was held hostage by the terrorist group for more than two years, says she was married off a year into her ordeal and later had a baby girl, Safiya.
" Perry said the same message can be sent to allies who can now see the U.S. as providing energy so they don't have to be "held hostage by someone else out there.
As for Kesha's claim she's being held hostage by Sony ... Kelly says she had the same experience, where the label put a gun to her head -- work with Luke, or no album.
A day ahead of the visit to Washington by South Korean President Moon, McMaster told a group of defense stakeholders that South Koreans were being "held hostage" by the North Korean regime.
Sarah Moriarty is one of the seven children of Christine and Robert Levinson, Robert Levinson went missing in Iran nearly nine years ago and is the longest held hostage in American history.
Lamar Odom and his team are shutting down a tabloid report claiming he was kidnapped over a gambling debt and held hostage while visiting a woman in Portland, Oregon, back in June.
There are still several hundred militants in the city and thousands of residents, the coalition says, many of them believed to be held hostage by IS in a hospital and nearby stadium.
"We have been held hostage by these environmental terrorist groups that have not allowed public access -- that have refused to allow [the] harvest of timber," Zinke told Brietbart radio over the weekend.
Amaq, the terror group's media wing, released a short video Saturday showing six men being held hostage by gunmen, and demanded the release of ISIS female prisoners and leaders from Iraqi jails.
"We have been held hostage by these environmental terrorist groups that have not allowed public access — that have refused to allow [the] harvest of timber," Zinke told Brietbart radio over the weekend.
Mr. Hacker includes viscerally disturbing excerpts showing Paul Marshall Johnson Jr., an American engineer, being held hostage and questioned by Islamic militants who ultimately execute him — a killing not shown on screen.
Paul Greengrass's thriller, based on the real-life captain Richard Phillips's experience being held hostage by pirates off the Somali coast in 2009, was nominated for six Academy Awards, including best picture.
After that, the fans would find more evidence in the creators' subsequent statements that they were being held hostage by their studios and forced to pretend like the fabled cut isn't real.
In January, a hacker held hostage a small cancer charity in Indiana, wiping the organization's main and backup servers and demanding 50 Bitcoin — more than $87,000 — in return for restoring their data.
Beltrame, 45, died Saturday, one day after he was shot in the neck after he took the place of a woman being held hostage by the gunman, according to multiple news outlets.
Without a firm signal from the White House that the debt ceiling should not be held hostage to political agendas, it will be hard to get Congress to do the right thing.
It wasn't immediately clear, however, whether O'Brien would play a role in negotiating for the release of Americans held prisoner by foreign governments as opposed to those held hostage by nonstate actors.
OTTAWA — Joshua Boyle, a Canadian held hostage with his American wife in Afghanistan for five years, was cleared on Thursday of charges that he repeatedly abused and assaulted her after their rescue.
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump announced Monday that the United States has recovered Danny Burch, an American citizen who was being held hostage in Yemen for the last year and a half.
Keep in mind there is a subtle difference between a loyal customer who truly believes in a brand and one who is held hostage by the difficulty of leaving Apple's walled garden.
President Obama will award the Medal of Honor to a Navy SEAL who led a daring rescue of an American citizen held hostage in Afghanistan in 2012, the White House announced Tuesday.
John Limbert, a former US ambassador who was held hostage in Iran in the 1979 crisis, on Monday said he wants "nothing to do" with President Donald Trump&aposs threats toward Iran.
Like nearly every woman I know, I've sat down in a coffee shop with a book only to find myself held hostage by some man, striking up what could pass as innocent conversation.
A 20-year-old British model was kidnapped, stuffed in a suitcase and held hostage for nearly a week as her captors planned to sell her in an online auction, Italian police say.
The irony hits seconds later, when Burke's corporate card is held hostage by his own mediocre white man boss (Zachary Quinto), who is ready to fire him unless something happens with the lockout.
ANTAKYA, Turkey (Reuters) - A Japanese journalist held hostage by Islamist militants for 40 months left for Japan from Turkey on Wednesday after being freed and said he was happy to be going home.
I didn't receive much coverage under my policy, and I felt like I was being held hostage to this policy that wasn't beneficial to me unless I needed it for some catastrophic event.
A Canadian man who was held hostage in Pakistan with his American wife and their three children for five years is speaking out about the couple's decision to have children while in captivity.
That business model indicates the company is less held hostage to the price of gold than other miners, as it can turn a profit even when the price of going is going down.
Remember, Kimmy only ends up in the Big Apple after escaping a truly horrifying situation: getting kidnapped by a bad man (Jon Hamm) and held hostage in his underground bunker for 15 years.
It also chose Dabiq as the location for its killing in 2014 of Peter Kassig, an American aid worker held hostage by the group, by Mohammed al-Emwazi, better known as Jihadi John.
America's policy of principled realism means we will not be held hostage to old dogmas, discredited ideologies, and so-called experts who have been proven wrong over the years, time and time again.
" U.S. President Donald Trump late on Wednesday said in a tweet that Erdogan "should do something to free this wonderful Christian husband & father," saying that Brunson has "been held hostage far too long.
BEIRUT (Reuters) - France said on Wednesday that Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, who Lebanon's president says is being held hostage by Saudi Arabia, will visit France with his family in coming days.
The character has leftover reflexes and phobias due to her time in the bunker because, whether the show admits it or not, women being held hostage by men is never not fucking terrifying.
You owe it to your constituents to do what you can to make sure good public investments like Caltrain electrification get the funding that they need and are not held hostage to grandstanding.
The chief of the general staff, Hulusi Akar, who was held hostage by the coup plotters, has testified that one of his captors offered to put him on the phone with Mr Gulen.
We cannot live in a world held hostage by Kim Jong Un's nuclear blackmail, and I support U.S.-led international efforts to maximize pressure against the North Korean regime and its foreign enablers.
Fred Warmbier said his family had been "held hostage" by the North Koreans in that they couldn't say anything to anyone about Otto's detention out of fear that the regime wouldn't release him.
Reporters Without Borders -- known internationally as Reporters Sans Frontières, or RSF -- has released its lists of journalists who went missing, or were killed, detained or held hostage between January 1 and December 1.
While many market watchers may see the company as being held hostage to Apple's successes, the "Mad Money" host could see Broadcom become the leader in pushing global adoption of 5G wireless networks.
"America must never be held hostage to foreign suppliers of energy as we have under 'Sleepy Joe,'" Trump told the crowd gathered at Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy, using his preferred nickname for Biden.
The deal, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, was held hostage by the French-speaking portion of Belgium, Wallonia, where the rust belt has been hit hard and farmers worry about potential competition.
Mr. Levinson was the longest-held hostage in American history, according to the F.B.I. His disappearance caused a major scandal inside the C.I.A. after lawmakers discovered what happened, but it was kept quiet.
The message suggested that a person was being held hostage in a residential neighborhood in Sherman Oaks, California, so the Domino's employee called the cops—just as anyone might do in that situation.
This kind of acrimony is on display in the remains of the US Embassy in Tehran, where the CIA once plotted coups, and American diplomats were held hostage for 444 days in 1979.
Arnaud Beltrame, 45, died Saturday, one day after he was shot in the neck after he took the place of a woman being held hostage by the gunman, according to multiple news outlets.
But don't be held hostage to the idea that if Kavanaugh doesn't wind up on the court -- no matter what he and Ford say next week -- it will be curtains for Senate Republicans.
Mr. Penn considered such criticism to be sour grapes by advisers who were held hostage by the left wing of the party, unable to see the popular middle and resentful of his ascendance.
HANOI, Vietnam — Villagers near Vietnam's capital on Saturday released 19 officials they had held hostage for about a week, ending a rare standoff that underscored tensions over land rights in this Communist country.
All the hard work the Problem Solvers did to sculpt each compromise was held hostage by the small bands of partisan extremists who manipulate House leaders into bottling up bills they don't like.
In January 1981, 52 Americans who had been held hostage in Iran returned back to the U.S., landing at Stewart aboard an Air Force VC-137, a variation of a Boeing 707 jet.
After killing four soldiers there, the militants moved on to two other buildings, where they held hostage a group of 16 soldiers and relatives, including "two ladies and two children," the statement said.
He'd told me that he had been held hostage in China, which was why he'd screamed in the middle of the night and had to sleep with the lights on and the TV blaring.
They argue that Trump is exaggerating the crisis at the moment — which he has done before — and that they refuse to negotiate while one-fourth of the government is in effect being held hostage.
The guys in Five Finger Death Punch claim they're being held hostage by their "sinking ship" of a record label ... and they need a judge to rescue the band before it gets dragged under.
Taberski asked Lenny if he thinks that Richard cares about the uproar over his disappearance, including claims that he's being held hostage by his housekeeper, Teresa Reveles, or that he's transitioning to a woman.
Cramer said the move was a gift to the markets, which the Fed could have held hostage if it wanted to make a statement about President Donald Trump's pro-growth policies being too inflationary.
It's hard to get more of a stark reminder of the dangers of this job than to visit a place where your professor was held hostage, but Anderson says his students loved these trips.
Washington (CNN)The Medal of Honor will be awarded Monday to a Navy SEAL for his role in rescuing an American civilian being held hostage by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan, the White House announced.
With the flood of companies leaving in mind, the European Union's focus has shifted to the longer term to try to overcome a perception that European policy is held hostage by the U.S. treasury.
Bad weather, however, meant that the ship Read more: Passengers share vacation disasters from the Thomas Cook collapse, including a ruined $41,000 wedding and 'being held hostage' by angry staff at a Tunisian hotel 
Mr. Khan and his friends at the bakery were spared by the militants because they were Bangladeshi Muslims, said two people held hostage with him, who spoke anonymously for fear of upsetting the police.
Twenty-three towns in Texas had their computer systems hacked and their data held hostage in a large-scale coordinated ransomware attack August 16, the Texas Department of Information Resources said in a statement.
Part of the problem is that progress on a solution is being held hostage by federal agencies that are serving narrow interests and creating legal issues that prohibit any progress toward achieving comprehensive solutions.
Some of the lawmakers said the European Union should not allow itself to be held hostage by Turkey over migration and should instead find ways to share the burden of looking after the influx.
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri returned home late Tuesday night following a confounding few weeks that began with his shock resignation from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where many Lebanese officials believe Hariri was "held hostage".
Confined to the club's eponymous green room, with one burly white supremacist held hostage as a bargaining chip, the bandmates use whatever resources they can in order to attempt to escape their perilous situation.
The last episode of The OA. It's about this girl who was blind, and then she became not blind, and she was held hostage by this scientist because she had a near-death experience.
We're locked now in a daily battle over a government that most people want reopened that is being held hostage for a wall that won't work and which a majority of Americans don't want.
The baby girl sat on the ground crying, and the teenager thought of her own baby, who had died of starvation a month earlier in the Boko Haram camp where they were held hostage.
PARIS — Swapping places with a woman being held hostage, the French police officer entered the supermarket where a gunman, claiming allegiance to the Islamic State, had already shot and killed two people on Friday.
DAKAR, Senegal — Dozens of students kidnapped from a boarding school in a restive region of Cameroon were freed late Tuesday after being held hostage for about two days, according to local and military officials.
Just as the Sarajevan zoo bear lived a kind of mirror life to the citizens held hostage nearby, Obreht's indentured camel in colonized lands articulate all that is left unsaid by its human master.
If America had only adopted the original V.A. electronic record as a free system to all hospitals and physicians 20 years ago, we would not be held hostage by private electronic health record companies.
"America stands ready to help Poland and other European nations diversify their energy supplies, so that you can never be held hostage to a single supplier," Trump said in his prepared remarks in Warsaw.
Boris Johnson's government stepped up pressure on lawmakers on Sunday to back the prime minister's bid to hold an early election and break the Brexit impasse, saying Britain was being held "hostage" by parliament.
"This morning ... we were able to neutralize 33 terrorists, take one prisoner and free two Malian gendarmes who had been held hostage," Macron said, a day after visiting French troops stationed in Ivory Coast.
For a long stretch up episodes before "Second Sons," Sansa believes she has a way out of King's Landing, where she has been held hostage for roughly two seasons, and away from the evil Lannisters.
Not only would Trump and his homophobic running mate Mike Pence likely appoint conservative judges to the Supreme Court, they would also fill hundreds of open federal judge positions currently held hostage by Republican filibusters.
Moreno announced the move to the southern city of Guayaquil in a televised address on Monday, as defense officials revealed the military had to rescue more than 50 of its members held hostage by protesters.
I think it's when we send a signal of weakness, when we are negotiating to release people that committed crimes in our country for people that didn't commit crimes that are held hostage in Iran.
Betty walks into the dining room to find Archie (KJ Apa), Veronica (Camila Mendes) and Jughead (Cole Sprouse) all being held hostage by Penelope with Sister Woodhouse, long thought dead, holding the teenagers at gunpoint.
When residents learned of the killings in Kumarakapay on February 22, a group of them beat the four members of the National Guard held hostage that morning, according to two villagers who witnessed the events.
The chief of the general staff, who was held hostage by the plotters, has testified that one of his captors offered to put him on the phone to the cemaat's Pennsylvania-based leader, Fethullah Gulen.
The announcements were timed to mark the 22019th anniversary of the start of the Iran hostage crisis, when 52 U.S. diplomats and citizens were held hostage in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran for 444 days.
Buyers who later decide they want to move money into a lower-cost investment vehicle often learn their savings are being held hostage: Pay a surrender fee or the money must remain in the annuity.
It also reminded South Koreans that their export-driven economy depended so heavily on Samsung and a handful of other family-controlled conglomerates, or chaebol, that they often feel it is held hostage to them.
Late last year, researchers carried out a proof-of-concept demonstration showing how internet-connected home thermostats, such as Nest, could be hacked and held hostage, leaving homeowners in the freezing cold (or blistering heat).
However, for many states – including my own – natural resource policy is dictated by bureaucrats in D.C. and held hostage by coastal environmentalist groups who seek only to "keep-it-in-the-ground" through constant litigation.
But he came to work with him more closely under President George H.W. Bush on an effort to free Americans who were still being held hostage in Lebanon after the Iran-Contra affair, Ross said.
And he told members of Congress that no matter the truth of what unfolded, the relationship between the kingdom and Washington was too important to be held hostage to one vicious, ill-thought-out act.
Janice says she'll save Dom and spare her family, who've been held hostage in the middle of their Christmas festivities by a squad of Dark Army operatives, if and only if Darlene can locate Elliot.
If we want to understand a life upended for a census, we need only ask those refugees whose futures are uncertain until their asylum requests are processed, their entire lives now held hostage to bureaucracy.
A similar depiction of Melania, one that presented her as a woman who's so put off by Trump that being married to him is like being held hostage, cropped up on Stephen Colbert's Late Show.
The President deviated from his prepared remarks to pay tribute to the families of those killed in the conflict, and to the victims themselves, including Ingrid Betancourt, who was held hostage by FARC for six years.
BAMAKO (Reuters) - A French military strike on armed militants in northern Mali last month inadvertently killed Malian soldiers who were being held hostage by the Islamist group, the West African nation's Defence Ministry said on Monday.
And for fans who miss the retro spin of the show — an odd tale of a janitor held hostage by mad scientists and forced to watch bad movies — Twitch is airing a marathon of "classic" episodes.
Thor loses his magic power-wielding hammer and is cast away by his sister to an unknown futuristic planet and held hostage by an eccentric Grandmaster (Jeff Goldblum), forced to fight his fellow Avenger, the Hulk.
Some will offer the opportunity for victims to "try before they buy," unencrypting a small portion of the files held hostage to prove they can deliver the product — a decryption key to get their files back.
Moments after President Donald Trump tweeted that Democrats want to shut down the government, the House minority whip rejected that claim Thursday but said his party will not be held "hostage" on a crucial funding bill.
"Whether defensive or aggressive, liberating or subjugating, all wars are ultimately transgressive acts where culture and humanity are held hostage to ideology, greed, and power," states author and art director Steven Heller in his exhibition introduction.
Seven Indian employees of the debt-laden IL&FS company have been held hostage by Ethiopian staff because of non-payment of salaries, according to messages posted on Twitter by those saying they were being held.
"There were moments where the survival of the company hinged on a test running on the gearbox," he said, adding that many new companies operating in the robotics space are often "held hostage" to the mechanism.
ATLANTA (Reuters) - A woman and 11 children were rescued uninjured on Tuesday after being held hostage for five hours by a 36-year-old man armed with a knife in a hotel near Atlanta, police said.
"America must never be held hostage to foreign suppliers of energy as we have under Sleepy Joe," Trump told the crowd gathered at Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy, using his preferred nickname for the former vice president.
We know that, with Republicans controlling both houses of Congress, Mr. Trump would be able to restore a right-wing majority by filling the Supreme Court seat that Republican senators have held hostage for nine months.
"But I see no reason why the bills that are ready to go and on which we've achieved an agreement should be held hostage to this debate over border security," Collins said, according to the Globe.
As a number of commentators noted, he looked like a person who had just been informed that his family was being held hostage and would be released only if he kept quiet and stared straight ahead.
Girls of the Sun is French director Eva Husson's latest film, which is inspired by the true story of a group of Kurdish women who were captured by ISIS in Iraq and held hostage in 2014.
The dire situation apparently inspires the guys to dress up like waiters, sneak into the terrorist-laden hotel, and pull some John McClane stunts to save their financier... and Shaggy, because he's being held hostage, too.
We caught a glow-in-the-dark pantomime production of "Faust" at the Black Light Theatre of Prague and it felt like being in an actual tourist trap, held hostage by the random dancing penguins onstage.
"We are well aware of the extent to which the American establishment is being held hostage to stereotypes and is under the heaviest domestic anti-Russian pressure," the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitri S. Peskov, said on Tuesday.
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump met with Danny Burch, a recently released American citizen who was held hostage in Yemen for the last year and a half, and his family in the Oval Office on Wednesday.
"It is my honor today to announce that Danny Burch, a United States citizen who has been held hostage in Yemen for 18 months, has been recovered and reunited with his wife and children," Trump tweeted.
The BCB Wall Breaker is a tool to help provide escape for those who are trapped by active shooters in schools, held hostage in a hotel by terrorists or penned in by fire in an apartment building.
If you're trapped in a smog den—or are being held hostage in a basement by several dogs in a trench coat—Slooh will be live streaming the whole thing starting on August 12th at 8pm EDT.
The attacks came days after a Canadian-American couple held hostage by the Taliban were freed from the area in Pakistan's northwest, striking a rare positive note in the country's often-fraught relations with the United States.
Earlier in his career, he coordinated the daily intelligence briefing President Jimmy Carter received in 1979 and 1980, a period when the Islamic Revolution toppled the Shah and dozens of U.S. diplomats were held hostage in Tehran.
"I can confirm to you that the anti-terrorism division of the Paris prosecutors has taken up the case," the source said after police said eight people were being held hostage in a supermarket in southern France.
A Florida man suspected of shooting a police officer killed four young children he held hostage in an apartment complex before committing suicide Monday evening -- a tragic ending to a nearly 24-hour-long standoff, police said.
We insisted that these funds would include people who didn't get hit by a bullet but went through this horrific trauma—many were held hostage for hours, so crisis counselors and other help services were made available.
One day after a Canadian being held hostage in the Philippines was beheaded, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stressed that Canada will not pay ransom to terrorists — a message he says he will impress upon other world leaders.
The "Mad Money " host said the move was a gift to the markets, which the Fed could have held hostage if it wanted to make a statement about President Donald Trump's pro-growth policies' being too inflationary.
Greece&aposs defense minister had claimed that they were being held "hostage" by Turkey, which is trying to secure the extradition of eight Turkish servicemen who fled to Greece after the 2016 failed military coup in Turkey.
ALGIERS/PARIS (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron, visiting Algeria, said on Wednesday he would not be held hostage by France's colonial involvement there and urged young Algerians to build for the future and not dwell on past "crimes".
In his plea for donations, Snopes cofounder David Mikkelson wrote that the website has been "cut off from our historic source of advertising income" and that the site is being held "hostage" by its partner, Proper Media.
We're held hostage at the mercy of a billion pieces of useless trivia every day, so why use old trivia when you can maybe recycle one of the facts that has been part of the news cycle?
KS, the failed South Korean container carrier, said on Thursday a U.S.-bound vessel was held "hostage" by disputes over payments, adding to the struggles in getting $14 billion of cargo off its ships stranded at sea.
After urging every nation in the region to work to combat the rogue nation's nuclear ambitions, Trump said that the region "must not be held hostage to a dictator's twisted fantasies of violent conquest and nuclear blackmail."
Banks must demonstrate they are making the right kind of loans, both commercial and residential, to low-income households and neighborhoods, in order to get positive CRA ratings — without which proposed mergers and acquisitions are held hostage.
Employees found out they lost their jobs via social media, $40,000 wedding plans went up in flames, and one man reported being "held hostage" in a Tunisian resort until he paid Thomas Cook's debt to the hotel.
But the fact remains that a vulnerable teenager has been held hostage by the US government for weeks, and denied medical care she had every right to access, because of a purely ideological obsession with protecting fetuses.
Mix in the fact that she was held hostage by an insane (if handsome) preacher for 15 years, and you have what can only be described as a unique worldview — and the vocabulary to go with it.
He was kidnapped in 2012 while covering the Syrian civil war, held hostage for 20163 months and brutally murdered in 2014 by members of the Islamic State in an execution filmed by his captors and released online.
Ghosn on Tuesday confirmed he fled to Lebanon, saying he wouldn't be "held hostage" by a "rigged" justice system and raising questions about how one of the world's most-recognised executives escaped Japan months before his trial.
Given that the timing of both allegations is also suspect -- dropped at the most politically opportune moments and without a sense of urgency to protect victims -- the Senate should not be held hostage by speculation and innuendo.
Washington (CNN)The immigration and government shutdown cliffhanger gripping Washington is a symptom of a broader reality: American politics is being held hostage to three nation-changing elections -- one past and two that are yet to come.
Meanwhile, held hostage in all this is the actual American labor market — which has recovered painfully slowly from the Great Recession for years by Fed timidity in a way that has made the institution vulnerable to Trump's attacks.
But she's been under investigation for tweeting graphic photos related to the Islamic State in December, including an image of the beheading of James Foley, a journalist from the United States who was held hostage by ISIS militants.
Government-appointed negotiator Irene Santiago said that a religious leader who had been acting as an emissary to seek a corridor for civilians held hostage had taken ill and the authorities were waiting for him to get better.
The wives, sisters and children of people held hostage by Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards said the world must not stand back and allow Iran to imprison and torture people over no charges or false charges related to espionage.
Bill Taylor, the acting US ambassador in Kiev, raised concerns in text messages released in recent weeks, that US aid to Ukraine was being held hostage in exchange for an investigation that would help the President's 2020 campaign.
"He did everything he could to try to prevent the suspect from taking the teacher into the classroom and being held hostage, to the point where he got hit in the face pretty good," Officer Ryan Railsback said.
Local reports said at least one person had been killed and two injured, and that two top police officials, Armenia's deputy police chief Vardan Egiazaryan and Yerevan deputy police chief Valeri Osipyan, were among those being held hostage.
New York (CNN)Two children of the longest-held hostage in American history are hoping a series of meetings this week in Washington will renew efforts to find their father nearly 10 years after he disappeared in Iran.
BOGOTA (Reuters) - A Colombian soldier held hostage for a month by the country's rebel National Liberation Army (ELN) was freed on Thursday, the Ombudsman's Office said, the fourth hostage released by the group in less than a week.
It remains unclear if Yasuda voluntarily entered Syria last year, but he had stated in 2004 after he was held hostage in Iraq while reporting there, that he believed it was his "mission" to report from war zones.
Chloe Ayling The alleged kidnapping of British model Chloe Ayling in Italy has become more complicated after it was revealed that she was seen shopping with her alleged captor during the period she was supposedly being held hostage.
BOGOTA (Reuters) - The National Liberation Army, Colombia's second-largest leftist rebel group, must release a civilian and a soldier held hostage before the government will agree to begin a peace process, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Monday.
The Hill's Jordan Fabian covered the ceremony: President Obama presented the Medal of Honor on Monday to a Navy SEAL who helped lead a dangerous mission to rescue an American doctor being held hostage in Afghanistan in 2900.
In contrast, in Borno State in Nigeria, the military has been detaining and screening nearly everyone held hostage by Boko Haram in an effort to collect information and determine whether the individual formed an allegiance with the militants.
A Dutch wildlife photographer held hostage by Abu Sayyaf since 2012 was killed last month by his captors when he tried to escape during a firefight with troops, according to the military, which said six rebels were killed.
Part of the Pixar theory features animals getting smarter — hence adorable talking fish going to school — as human society backslides, as shown by the humans of WALL·E basically being (unknowingly) held hostage by their own utopia in space.
The C.I.A.'s renewed focus on Mr. Tice, who was working as a journalist when he was captured in 2012, reflects a broader push by the Trump administration to focus more intently on Americans being held hostage abroad.
Op-Ed Contributor The recent cyberattack on Atlanta, in which the municipal government's computers and related services were held hostage by a ransomware attack, is a reminder that local governments are particularly vulnerable to these and other cyberthreats.
On July 4, 1976, Israeli commandos stormed a terminal at Entebbe airport in Uganda, where passengers from a hijacked Air France jet were being held hostage by terrorists affiliated with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
Something similar happened to the family of Bob Levinson — a friend of mine who is still being held hostage in Iran — when other Americans were released from Iran in concert with the commencement of the Iran nuclear deal.
And in September 2018, a Wisconsin woman who was being held hostage in her own home mouthed the words "Help me" and "Call the police" to a Domino's driver who was dropping off a pizza for her captor.
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's main opposition leader Soumaila Cisse is being held hostage with six members of his delegation, his party said on Thursday, after they were attacked on the campaign trail in a region where jihadists often strike.
YANGON (Reuters) - Ethnic minority rebels in Myanmar have released a lawmaker held hostage for two months in a bid to reduce tension in the war-torn western state of Rakhine, a human rights group and the rebels said.
ATHENS — The Greek police say they have arrested a suspect in the 1985 hijacking of a flight from Athens that became a multiday ordeal in which an American sailor was killed and dozens of Americans were held hostage.
"The Air Force believes there is potential to save millions of taxpayer dollars through 3D printing of parts for older aircraft as they drive changes to prevent being held hostage by obsolete supply chain practices," the statement said.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he hopes the release of two Western prisoners held hostage by the Afghan Taliban this week could help pave the way to an end to the war in Afghanistan.
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine troops rescued a catholic priest held hostage for almost four months by Islamic State-linked rebels after an offensive that captured a stronghold of the militants in southern Marawi City, defense officials said on Monday.
Some political commentators say Duterte needs to get his legislative agenda passed as early as possible, or risk it being held hostage by money politics, horse-trading or a shifting of allegiances as the 2022 elections draw nearer.
Media rights group Reporters Without Borders appealed for the release of 41 journalists it said have been held "hostage" by the group since it overran the headquarters of the Saleh-owned al-Yemen al-Youm TV station on Saturday.
In 2012, a Florida judge awarded three American contractors who had been held hostage by FARC a total of $318 million, to be paid from bank accounts seized from Colombian drug traffickers linked to the FARC, according to Reuters.
Sony Pictures' "Money Monster," premiering at the Cannes Film Festival this week and opening in U.S. theaters on Friday, sees Clooney play Lee Gates, a suave, showboating host of a money news TV program, held hostage live on air.
"A little weird to see somebody that early in just boxers going over your wall into your property saying 'I was held hostage in a pool with gators," Jeff Black told CBS 47 about finding Hatfield on his lawn.
The story you know: Beautiful, bookish Belle (Emma Watson, Hermione of the Harry Potter movies) is held hostage in that castle by the Beast (Downton Abbey's Dan Stevens), a prince transformed into a fairytale Chewbacca because of his horribleness.
In the opening episodes of this season, Theon, a man of middling morals who was held hostage, tortured, castrated and brainwashed (by Ramsay, as it so happens), is faced with saving his sister during an attack on their ship.
ATHENS (Reuters) - A Turkish group opposed to the government has taken over a frigate at Turkey's Golcuk naval base and the head of the Turkish fleet is being held hostage, a senior Greek military source told Reuters on Saturday.
"It is better to produce energy here than be held hostage by foreign entities," Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke told reporters on Thursday in a briefing about the executive order, which will be called the America-First Offshore Energy Strategy.
The protest was held on the same day that national authorities confirmed the deaths of two Serbian embassy employees who had been allegedly held hostage by Islamic State fighters in Libya before being killed in a US air strike.
This common sense approach ensures that lawful industrial activities are not held hostage to unnecessary threats of criminalization allowing industry to focus on protecting birds, building projects and fueling our economy, without facing the threat of arbitrary punitive decisions.
The bloodshed ended only after a daring rescue operation by the police, in which they burst into a room in the club and freed 15 to 193 people before confronting the gunman and freeing another group being held hostage.
Attorney: My clients feel like they're 'being held hostage' Government attorneys and officials have said in court that once a child and parent are both cleared for release, their reunion should happen within a day or two at most.
Now he is the longest-held hostage in American history and I find myself making the same plea for my baby sister, who is getting married early next year on the same day as my parents' 45th wedding anniversary.
As the shuttle pulled up to the drop off, we were held hostage on the bus waiting for security clearance to disembark as an exodus of partygoers were impatiently trying to bounce out and hop to their next location.
In July, dozens of people were held hostage at a Trader Joe's market in Los Angeles, and one employee was eventually killed — the suspect is also accused of shooting his grandmother and wounding his girlfriend earlier in the day.
But the psychological state of the country is more fragile after being held hostage for two years by a political process that never progresses, drowns out everything else and has only deepened the divisions exposed by the 2016 referendum.
Its position remains so powerful that many observers wonder whether Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi and the N.L.D., despite winning the 2015 elections in a landslide, are now held hostage by the military's brutal purging of Myanmar's Rohingya population.
"Our community will not be held hostage by a few idiots intent on jeopardizing our safety and the safety of our children," Pleasantville police captain Hartman said Friday's incident was "not a Pleasantville problem" that originated in the city.
He has long had an interest in financial markets — his last play, "The Invisible Hand," was about a Citibank employee held hostage by Islamic militants, and he described "Junk" as both a thematic departure and a return for him.
I've been working on the liberation of a woman named Sandy Phan-Gillis who is a U.S. citizen who's been held hostage by Beijing, and subjected to torture and has been seated on a seat with spikes like this.
"Christie's has intentionally and inappropriately held hostage the money owed to the Trust for the Bulgari ring in an effort to increase its leverage in the dispute over the diamond," a lawyer for the trust wrote in the suit.
A Canadian man held hostage for five years by the Taliban-related Haqqani network in Afghanistan opened up about his family's experiences late Friday, revealing that his newborn daughter was killed and his American wife raped during their captivity.
The two countries have been enemies for 40 years, ever since hardline Iranian students stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran soon after the fall of the U.S.-backed shah, and 52 Americans were held hostage there for 444 days.
"It is my honor today to announce that Danny Burch, a United States citizen who has been held hostage in Yemen for 18 months, has been recovered and reunited with his wife and children," Trump tweeted at the time.
Law enforcement sources tell us ... LAPD officers went to the 68-year-old's Hollywood Hills home 2 weeks ago for a welfare check ... this after at least one person contacted the cops and said Richard was being held hostage.
" Collins: "I'm not saying their whole plan is a valid plan, but I see no reason why the bills that are ready to go and on which we've achieved an agreement should be held hostage to this debate over border security.
The National Park Service is being "held hostage" by Yosemite's long time concessionaire, a company called DNC, for trademarks on many of its iconic properties, including the Ahwahnee Hotel, which will now be renamed "Majestic Yosemite Hotel" to avoid infringement.
"Suicide Squad," out in theaters on Friday, follows a rogue group of anti-heroes with special powers - Deadshot, Harley Quinn, Boomerang, Killer Croc and El Diablo - who are held hostage by Gotham's government to use as weapons to protect the city.
Army spokesman Sani Usman said in an emailed statement that the girl was among 21 women and children held hostage by Boko Haram who were freed on Thursday morning after clashes between soldiers and jihadist militants in northeastern Borno state.
Army spokesman Sani Usman said in an emailed statement that the girl was among 97 women and children held hostage by Boko Haram who were freed on Thursday morning after clashes between soldiers and jihadist militants in northeastern Borno state.
It's entirely possible that the feds got the wrong guy, and we can all go back to remembering MalwareTech for being the nice person who saved a lot of people from getting hacked and held hostage by the WannaCry ransomware.
As reports emerge, today's attack paints a picture of businesses and governments around the world held hostage by a second major wave of ransomware, a kind of software that hijacks computerized systems and demands payment, often in bitcoin, to unlock them.
Foster's fourth feature film sees a TV financial guru played by George Clooney held hostage live on air as Jack O'Connell in the role of a disillusioned viewer decides to take revenge after he loses money following advice from Clooney.
Previously on How To Get Away With Murder, Laurel's (Karla Souza) baby was held hostage by her father Jorge (Esai Morales), Frank (Charlie Weber) snapped Dominic's (Nicholas Gonzalez) neck before learning he had some sort of relationship with "Christophe," a.k.a.
"The video is about a girl who's held hostage by evil alien folk, but upon hearing the powers of Wolfmother's smash hit rock 'n roll extravaganza, the heroine is set free from the dark forces of the universe," Stockdale tells Mashable.
TORONTO/MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines confirmed on Tuesday the execution of a Canadian who had been held hostage by the al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf Islamist militant group on a remote southern island with three other people since September 2015.
A year ago, M. Night Shyamalan scored a surprise hit with his film Split, about a teenager named Casey (Anya Taylor-Joy) being kidnapped and held hostage by Kevin Wendell Crumb (James McAvoy), a man suffering from dissociative identity disorder.
For example, even amid the continuing turmoil of the conflict in Yemen, a number of Americans held hostage there made it home, such as Wallead Yusuf Pitts Luqman, a former US Marine held against his will for more than a year.
New details are emerging in the case of an 81-year-old Korean War veteran with dementia allegedly held hostage in a Highland Falls, New York, motel room for four years by a man stealing his pension and Social Security checks.
The United States is in a position "to be able to clearly create a hell of a lot more friends by being able to deliver to them energy and not being held hostage by some countries, Russia in particular," Perry said.
MANILA (Reuters) - A Dutch photographer held hostage by Islamic State-linked militants in the Philippines since 2012 was killed on Friday by his captors when he tried to escape during a firefight on a remote southern island, the military said.
GENEVA/ABUJA (Reuters) - Islamic State in Nigeria might kill healthcare workers it has held hostage since March within 24 hours, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Sunday, calling for mercy and urging Nigeria's government to intervene.
We know for a fact that, in addition to the withholding military aid to Ukraine, the Trump administration held hostage a coveted White House meeting with Zelensky until Ukrainian officials publicly announced they would start the investigations into the Bidens.
In Powhatan lore, Pocahontas gained hero status for saving the life of a white man and was later kidnapped by the English; after being held hostage and forced to marry, she died in 1617 in England at the age of 21.
While these issues will likely continue fuel academic debates for decades to come, the Macedonian government needs to solve the issue at hand so that the citizens who want to live normal lives are not held hostage to debates about history.
To date, the United States has publicly acknowledged responsibility for only two civilian deaths — the accidental killing in 2015 of two aid workers in Pakistan who were being held hostage inside a compound of Al Qaeda when it was struck.
"We are committed to securing your access to alternate sources of energy, so Poland and its neighbors are never again held hostage to a single supplier of energy," Trump said in a public speech in Warsaw, drawing cheers from the crowd.
In the Wichita prank call, the caller said someone had an argument with their mother; that the father was accidentally shot; and that a brother, a sister and the mother were held hostage, Wichita police Deputy Chief Troy Livingston said.
One tourist in Tunisia told the BBC that he and fellow guests at a vacation resort in the country were "being held hostage" over fears that Thomas Cook was no longer able to pay the hotel the money it's owed.
In the years following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, more than 1,200 Westerners from some 32 or more countries have been captured by terrorists and held hostage by militant groups and pirates, demanding ransom or some other concession.
The capital which has been held hostage overseas along with the lower and broader tax base will help propel the U.S. into the next stage of the technology revolution and solidify our place as the leader in global technologic innovation.
If nominations are to be one-party affairs when the president's party controls the Senate and a president's nominees are to be held hostage until the next election when it does not, the Supreme Court will become permanently politicized and polarized.
My most memorable type of fantasy was a variation of the "lady tied to train tracks" scenario: I'd be confined in a box or held hostage in a scary situation with impending doom, and my crush would heroically save me.
US response The Trump administration marked the anniversary by announcing yet more sanctions on Iranian officials and a new reward for actionable information about Robert Levinson, who disappeared in Iran in 2007, making him the longest-held hostage in US history.
The PM unexpectedly announced he was standing down in a televised appearance from Riyadh earlier this month, sparking claims from his own government that he was being held hostage, part of the increasing regional tensions between the Kingdom and Iran.
The chief of the military General Staff, Hulusi Akar, who was held hostage by the plotters on the night of July 15, condemned the plotters on Sunday as "cowards in uniform" who had greatly harmed the nation and the army.
But there would also be advantages: The Jewish people, as they gradually adapted to this new path, would no longer be held hostage to an irrelevant interpretation of Judaism that is the result of a world without a Jewish state.
"I am now in Lebanon and will no longer be held hostage by a rigged Japanese justice system where guilt is presumed, discrimination is rampant, and basic human rights are denied," Ghosn, 19963, said in a brief statement on Tuesday.
The operation was the first known American-led ground mission in Yemen since December 2014, when members of SEAL Team 6 stormed a village in southern Yemen in an effort to free an American photojournalist held hostage by Al Qaeda.
The plight of Americans held hostage by reclusive foreign governments has received renewed attention since the death on Monday of Otto F. Warmbier, a 22-year-old college student from Ohio who was arrested in North Korea in January 2016.
HBONow, Disney+, and Apple TV+ satisfy the exclusive content snobs, or those held hostage by animated IP. But when it comes to premium news videos, there isn't really just one destination; each news channel or publisher offers its own digital app.
Ousted Nissan boss Ghosn confirmed he had fled to Lebanon, saying he would not be "held hostage" by a "rigged" justice system and raising questions about how one of the world's most-recognised executives escaped Japan months before his trial.
A few hundred civilians are believed to be either trapped in the crossfire or being held hostage by the gunmen, who are led by Isnilon Hapilon, a leader of a faction of Abu Sayyaf, an Islamist insurgency based in the region.
Almost the entire population of about 23,000 fled after the militants tried to overrun it, but the military believes that beyond the checkpoints now fencing off its main roads there are still some 300-600 civilians trapped or being held hostage.
WASHINGTON — An American woman and her family who have been held hostage for four years in Afghanistan pleaded with President Obama to secure their release before he leaves office next month, according to a video that was made public Monday.
MARAWI CITY, Philippines (Reuters) - Civilians held hostage by Islamist militants occupying a southern Philippine city have been forced to loot homes, take up arms against government troops and serve as sex slaves for rebel fighters, the army said on Tuesday.
House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi told a briefing she didn't believe the U.S. debt ceiling should be held hostage to political considerations, noting that debate over raising it in the past had caused a downgrade in the U.S. credit rating.
BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Protesters peacefully left a water treatment facility linked to Iraq's West Qurna 2 oilfield, managed by Russia's Lukoil, and released two Iraqi employees they had held hostage, a Lukoil source and a source with Basra's police said.
" The White House previously said in a statement that Byers would be awarded the military's highest honor for "his courageous actions while serving as part of a team that rescued an American civilian being held hostage in Afghanistan on December 8-9, 2012.
The man considered the mastermind in the case, Sanji Ram — the caretaker of the temple where the child was held hostage and assaulted — has been given life in prison, along with his friends Deepak Khajuria — who was a police officer — and Parvesh Kumar.
More broadly, as the EU is preparing for a new round of trade negotiations with the U.S. and in the age of 5G technology and all its geopolitical and security ramifications, the European Union cannot be held hostage by this issue of Brexit.
"If the computer is simply held hostage but there is no evidence that any files have been altered, there will be no problem," said Steven Saltzburg, a George Washington University law professor who co-authored the 2013 Federal Criminal Procedures Litigation Manual.
The report contains testimony from a mother who witnessed her son forced to rape his grandmother while his family was held hostage, and an 85-year-old woman who said she was gang-raped before watching the execution of her husband and son.
A lawyer for Hanjin Shipping Co Ltd, the failed South Korean container carrier, said on Thursday a U.S.-bound vessel was held "hostage" by disputes over payments, adding to the struggles in getting $14 billion of cargo off its ships stranded at sea.
ISTANBUL, July 16 (Reuters) - The head of Turkey's armed forces has been rescued after being held hostage during an attempted coup by a military faction which used tanks and attack helicopters to try to seize power overnight, a senior Turkish official said.
Khayre's attack echoed a deadly 2014 siege in a Sydney cafe, during which several people were held hostage for more than 17 hours by a gunman who was on bail after being charged with sexual assault and being an accessory to murder.
Smart, who was kidnapped in 2002 at age 14 from her Salt Lake City home and spent nine months being held hostage, raped, and abused by married couple Brian David Mitchell and Wanda Barzee, has produced the Lifetime film I Am Elizabeth Smart.
But after receiving state and federal approval back in 2009 and 2010, the project was held hostage for years by an opposition movement spearheaded by a Koch brother and backed by Mitt Romney, among other wealthy and well-connected residents of the Cape.
Even with close air support, aerial surveillance and precision weapons supplied by Western allies, Iraqi security forces in Mosul (not to mention a civilian population held hostage by IS) took a terrible battering to defeat just a few thousand well-prepared insurgents.
At the same time, this election is the first to be held under a national state of emergency, the tightest and least predictable in modern French history, so the second round may well be held hostage to a host of imponderable forces.
The family of a woman who was shot dead by LAPD cops while she was held hostage by a man at knifepoint filed a claim against the city and department Wednesday, alleging that officers did not de-escalate the situation before opening fire.
I humbly call on all members of our government to be the statesmen and women our country desperately needs at this critical time and to leave no stone unturned in seeking the release of every American held hostage and wrongfully detained abroad.
And while Washington and Islamabad worked successfully together in the hunt for senior al Qaeda members during the early years of the war, ties between the two countries have since been held hostage to mutual distrust, personality conflict, and even outright hostility.
This is part of a drive to turn a nation that is among the poorest in Africa into a manufacturing center that is no longer held hostage to fickle weather patterns which periodically devastate the agrarian economy and leave its people hungry.
"Suicide Squad," out in theaters on Friday, follows a rogue group of DC Comics anti-heroes - Deadshot, Harley Quinn, Boomerang, Killer Croc and El Diablo - who are captured and held hostage by Gotham's government to use as weapons to protect the city.
We watch as the TV cameras and newspaper and Internet headlines capture every moment of these families happily embracing their long-missed loved ones, while my father, the longest-held hostage in American history, languishes somewhere over there, growing weaker by the day.
Parents like myself are tired of the feeling that our children are being held hostage by political forces like teachers' unions who want us all to believe that black, brown, and native students are incapable of learning because of poverty, and bad parenting.
BASRA, Iraq, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Protesters peacefully left a water treatment facility linked to Iraq's West Qurna 2 oilfield, managed by Russia's Lukoil, and released two Iraqi employees they had held hostage, a Lukoil source and a source with Basra's police said.
The Palestinians can have peace and a state if they return to the direct negotiations with Israel they abandoned — and the Middle East can take a step forward if all states refuse to be held hostage by Ramallah's obstinacy and self-delusion.
"There is no question native whaling communities and quotas have historically been held hostage by Japan and its bloc in an effort to demand rule changes and resuscitate commercial whaling," said Patrick Ramage, marine conservation director at the International Fund for Animal Welfare.
Kelly&aposs lawyer claims that the women are not being held hostage, though Savage wrote in the comments under her first Patreon post that she is constantly being watched, and is only posting because one of Kelly&aposs assistants allowed her to.
Redoubling our efforts to bring home our citizens held hostage in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region must be part of a broader recommitment to unite all such Americans, including Austin Tice, who was taken captive in Syria nearly five years ago, with their families.
"While it is absolutely essential that New Jersey invest in its transportation infrastructure, that investment should not be held hostage to some warped idea of so-called tax fairness that will cost the state well over $1 billion a year," Mr. Whiten added.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan/KABUL (Reuters) - The Afghan Taliban on Tuesday released American and Australian university professors held hostage for more than three years, officials of the three nations said, completing a delayed prisoner swap and raising hopes for a revival of peace talks.
"For 19 days we had a neighborhood that was held hostage, we had neighbors that were living in fear, we had families that were devastated, we had a community that was on edge," Mayor Bob Buckhorn said in a press conference Tuesday morning.
"For 51 days we had a neighborhood that was held hostage, we had neighbors that were living in fear, we had families that were devastated, we had a community that was on edge," Mayor Bob Buckhorn said in a press conference Tuesday morning.
Only regulation can ensure global supply chains will be made more reliable and redundant; only smart policy can fix medical systems held hostage to profit-driven business models and administered by MBAs and lawyers; only quarantines can save our hospitals from imminent collapse.
Mr. Oliveira, they argue, had at different times suggested to The Enquirer that Mr. Simmons withdrew from public life because he was "spiritually broken"; was held hostage by his housekeeper, whom Mr. Oliveira accused of practicing witchcraft; and had had a sex change.
"We are committed to securing your access to alternate sources of energy, so Poland and its neighbors are never again held hostage to a single supplier of energy," he later said in a public speech in Warsaw directed toward the Polish people.
"This morning, thanks to an engagement by our soldiers and the Barkhane forces, we were able to neutralize 33 terrorists, take one prisoner and free two Malian gendarmes who had been held hostage," Mr. Macron said during a speech in Ivory Coast.
Lee Gates (George Clooney), the bombastic host of a money-market show, is held hostage by Kyle Budwell (Jack O'Connell), an investor who has lost his nest egg on a sure bet — and now has a gun and explosives strapped to his chest.
"It is with deep sadness that I have reason to believe that a Canadian citizen, Robert Hall, held hostage in the Philippines since September 21, 73, has been killed by his captors," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a statement released Monday morning.
"It is with deep sadness that I have reason to believe that a Canadian citizen, Robert Hall, held hostage in the Philippines since September 21, 2015, has been killed by his captors," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a statement released Monday morning.
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government said on Monday it was doing all it could to secure the release of a Japanese journalist being held hostage by an al Qaeda affiliate in Syria, after an apparent photograph of the man was posted on the internet.
But I think the streaming companies that figured it out, but everybody wants to ... We're all held hostage now because unless you're not a writer/producer who's created the show as in non-writing producers like myself and there's many of us, there's no ownership.
An American missionary held hostage for nearly two years by Venezuela after traveling there to marry a woman he met online cheered the end of his ordeal, saying he is "overwhelmed with gratitude" following his release Saturday and return to U.S. soil with his wife.
John Ridsdel, a former mining executive and journalist who had been held hostage by members of ISIS-affiliate Abu Sayyaf alongside another Canadian, a Norwegian, and a Filipina woman since September, was killed on Monday after the deadline for his $8.1 million ransom expired.
The idea that he can be held hostage and various demands made on this is pretty astounding, especially when you consider Turkey is a NATO ally, And I think Trump has been very frustrated by Erdogan on this and on other scores as well.
For instance, the University of Georgia Police Department received a phone call in January that a home invasion was underway, one person had been shot in the chest and three people were being held hostage, according to details alleged in one of the complaints.
During his visit to Poland the following month, Trump reiterated the implications of this delivery: "We are committed to securing your access to alternate sources of energy, so Poland and its neighbors are never held hostage to a single supplier of energy," he said.
PARACHINAR/PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Oct 17 (Reuters) - A suspected U.S. drone strike killed five people on the mountainous Pakistan-Afghanistan border, government and militant sources said on Tuesday, days after a Canadian-American couple held hostage by the Taliban were freed from the same area.
"The leadership of Turkey are mistaken if they think that those documents can be held hostage forever and ratified only at the most opportune occasion from their very point of view," Sarksyan said in a speech at the United Nation's General Assembly last autumn.
Add the A's good fortune as the last show in town, and you can see how Oakland fans could be held hostage and possibly even vote against their own self interest to help out a super wealthy owner just to keep the team home.
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Tillerson last week called Abbasi to thank Pakistan after its army rescued a U.S.-Canadian couple who were held hostage by the Taliban-allied Haqqani network for nearly five years, along with their three children born in captivity.
And on "Scandal," Tony Goldwyn's Fitz Grant has spent as much time pursuing his paramour, Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington), as he has running the country, even going to war with the fictional country of West Angola to save her life when she was held hostage.
WASHINGTON — Edward C. Byers Jr., a senior chief special warfare operator, was the second Navy SEAL team member to enter a Taliban compound on a frigid night in December 2012, part of a mission to rescue an American doctor being held hostage in eastern Afghanistan.
In legal filings, he claimed that he was held hostage by armed smugglers in Mexico and that his family was held captive in Miami while Hernandez and his agency, Praver Shapiro Sports Management, negotiated a contract so Martin could pay a ransom for their release.
" Bethany Haines, whose father, David Haines, was held hostage and died in Syria, told the BBC: "It shocks me that two individuals who have committed such heinous crimes have been treated like guests with access to the media and are allowed access to smartphones.
This newly compassionate perspective was delightfully evident in "The Lyons," with which Mr. Silver made his belated Broadway debut in 2012, with Linda Lavin bringing warmth, wit and "get over it already" wisdom to a woman who refuses to be held hostage by family ties.
A devious maid, Sookee (Kim Tae-ri), worms her way into the employment of a beautiful young heiress, Lady Hideko (Kim Min-hee), held hostage in a mansion by her uncle (Cho Jin-woong), an erotic-book collector intending to marry her for her fortune.
Those questions range from the basic where, when and how to more nuanced issues, including how the US should approach the talks, whether Washington should accept anything short of North Korean denuclearization and whether to involve the fates of three Americans held hostage by Pyongyang.
The assault Tuesday in Baghdad by protesters, some of whom chanted "Death to America," evoked both Benghazi and a siege in 1979 of the American Embassy by student demonstrators in Tehran, Iran, where 52 diplomats and support personnel were held hostage for 444 days.
Hildi's interiority barely surpasses the one-dimensional; when she's not an angelic presence for Django, usually some kind of act of violence is being enacted upon her: tortured at her master's command, held hostage with a gun to her head during the climactic shootout.
A devious maid, Sookee (Kim Tae-ri), worms her way into the employment of a beautiful young heiress, Lady Hideko (Kim Min-hee), who is being held hostage in a mansion by her uncle (Cho Jin-woong), who intends to marry her for her fortune.
Securing the release of America's longest-held hostage could provide Trump with a victorious photo opportunity in the middle of the intense focus on the impeachment inquiry into whether the president held up military aid to Ukraine in exchange for hurting his domestic political rivals.
Like some other Westerners with relatives who have been detained or held hostage over the course of Syria's long and bloody civil war, Mr. Kamalmaz's family chose at first not to speak publicly about his disappearance as they tried to push for his release.
Hildi's interiority barely surpasses the one-dimensional; when she's not an angelic presence for Django, usually some kind of act of violence is being enacted upon her: tortured at her master's command, held hostage with a gun to her head during the climactic shootout.
It Comes at Night could just as easily have been titled Democracy Dies in Darkness; without access to information about what's happening in the world outside, every family member is held hostage by Paul's paranoiac vision, even at the expense of their own freedom.
An ardent Europhile whose party came second to the far-right in May's European elections, Macron said Europe's prestige was at stake if the bloc was constantly held hostage by minority groups, with tough decisions needed on issues ranging from climate change to migration.

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