get the shell out of here
Kentucky.com, KY - 42 minutes ago
... In the early '80s, the Iranian hostage crisis led to an ... enhanced with fresh herbs, then coat it with a mixture of chopped pistachios and Japanese bread crumbs ...

Former hostages are now pariahs
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription), MN - 2 hours ago
TOKYO -- The young Japanese civilians taken hostage in Iraq returned home last month, not to the warmth of a yellow-ribbon embrace but to a disapproving ...

Drug addict and leftists
Straits Times, Singapore - 9 hours ago
Since telling officials they wanted to continue their activities in Iraq, the three Japanese hostages who were freed last month have been getting a roasting at ...

Released Japanese hostages discuss ordeal
Washington Times, DC - 18 hours ago
... play.". Initially, the hostage takers asked the three Japanese nationals whether they were conducting espionage in Iraq. "Are you ...

Japanese hostages defend captors
Mathaba.Net, Africa - 22 hours ago
Despite having been held at gunpoint, threatened with knives and held captive for nine days, two Japanese men who were kidnapped in Iraq expressed sympathy for ...

Japanese held hostage in Iraq tell of ordeal , express sympathy ...
Maysville Ledger Independent, KY - Apr 30, 2004
TOKYO -- They were menaced with guns and knives and held hostage for more than a week. Still, two Japanese who were kidnapped in Iraq expressed sympathy for ...

Japanese hostages defend captors
Guardian, UK - Apr 30, 2004
Despite having been held at gunpoint, threatened with knives and held captive for nine days, two Japanese men who were kidnapped in Iraq expressed sympathy for ...

Hostages ordered to cry on video
Asahi Shimbun, Japan - Apr 30, 2004
Two Japanese taken hostage in Iraq told reporters Friday they were ordered to cry and look terrified in video footage that carried death threats against them ...

EDITORIAL: Stating the case for NGOs
Asahi Shimbun, Japan - Apr 30, 2004
There were many lessons from the Iraq hostage crisis. One issue that became apparent was how little the Japanese public understood what it means to be an NGO ...

For US, April was deadliest month since war began
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription), MN - Apr 30, 2004
... They were menaced with guns and knives and held hostage for more than a week. Still, two Japanese who were kidnapped in Iraq expressed sympathy for their ...