Word: ransoms
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...Sayyaf is a Muslim guerrilla group based in the Philippines, where it wants a separate Islamic homeland. The group's 300 members now hold 18 hostages, including an American couple. Its frequent kidnappings have netted millions in ransom. Philippine officials said recently that Osama bin Laden supplies the group with arms...
Hill, Stefen Vanderweil ’05, Schuylern Mann ’05, and Mike Klinger ’05 came back to their room after a hard night of hanging posters to discover a ransom note taped to their door: “Your fridge is okay. Remain by the phone lines for further contact. Miss call, miss fridge. Use the bluelights, over and out.” Andthere was something else with the cryptic note: a small photo of the suspects’ middle fingers taken in front of the fridge...
...particular, despite owning 9.5% of Mediobanca, clearly isn't on the team anymore; it's lined up with Fiat in the Montedison bid. Cuccia's death at 92 a year ago - followed by a grotesque episode in which his corpse was stolen in a failed attempt to extract ransom - may have weakened the bank's backroom clout. Mediobanca managing director Vincenzo Maranghi, whatever his virtues, hasn't acquired his late boss's godlike mystique. Enter the French. In May, the state electric utility Electricité de France (EDF) picked up 20% of the shares in Montedison. That position seemed...
Vacation in Bangladesh? you're kidding, right? The name is synonymous with every kind of disaster, from fatal floods and endemic disease to violent strikes, crushing poverty and?an extra recent thrill?rebels who kidnap foreigners for ransom. A local writer once said Bangladesh was a place where no one should ever have lived. He was only half joking. This is not a destination for relaxation, pampering or guided tours of picture-perfect settings. Leave that for Bali or the Bahamas. The country used to sell itself with the rather telling slogan: "Come to Bangladesh before the tourists." This...
...last week. A powerful Abu Sayyaf commander named Ghalib Andang from Jolo island is negotiating his surrender, presidential sources said on Friday. Commander Robot (as Andang is commonly known) carried out a kidnapping on a Sipadan island diving resort in Malaysia last April, netting more than $425 million in ransom from European nations, Libya and Malaysia. Robot's surrender won't necessarily help the current hostages, who are being held by a different faction, but it means the Basilan-based rebels can no longer count on reinforcements?or on an easy escape route to other islands. If Commander Robot does...