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Malaysian police monitoring outside a kindergarten where a man took some 30 children and teachers captive in Muar, Malaysia, Thursday. Pic: AP.

Malaysian police end kindergarten hostage drama

By Thu, Jul 07, 2011 5:00PM UTC View Comments Malaysian police monitoring outside a kindergarten where a man took some 30 children and teachers captive in Muar, Malaysia, Thursday. Pic: AP.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian police stormed a kindergarten and subdued a man who took some 30 children and teachers captive Thursday, ending a nearly seven-hour hostage drama. District police officer Suhaimi Ahmad said all the hostages were safe. He said the man barged into the kindergarten in a residential area of southern Johor...

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A South Korean vessel safely rescued from Somali pirates

By Fri, Jan 21, 2011 10:16PM UTC View Comments A South Korean watches a TV reporting South Korean navy military operation against Somali pirates in the Arabian Sea, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 21, 2011. Pic: AP.

South Korean special forces succeeded in rescuing its 21 crew members who had been held as hostages by Somali pirates since last April. Korea took rare military action and stormed a hijacked freighter in the Arabian Sea today, killing eight assailants and capturing five pirates during the raid. One crew member was wounded during the...

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