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Phillipines hostage Manila bus hijack

Relatives of hostages and some Hong Kong officials huddle in the hospital lobby to visit relatives who were wounded during Monday#39;s hostage drama Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. An angry ex-policeman hijacked a bus full of Hong Kong tourists, holding them for 12 hours in a televised stand off before a police raid that ended with eight hostages and the gunman dead. Eight Hong Kong tourists were killed during a dramatic hostage siege in the Philippine capital, President Benigno

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Hong Kong hostage 2010

An unidentified man is released by the hostage-taker (behind R) after he hijacked a tourist bus with more than 20 Hong Kong tourists on board in Manila. Philippine security forces stormed a bus packed with Hong Kong tourists on Monday to end a dramatic hostage crisis that unfolded live on global television, leaving eight people and the gunman dead. Hong Kong#39;s leader Donald Tsang criticized the handling of a hostage crisis in the Philippine capital on Monday in which seven Hong Kong tourists

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