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Bus blunders latest black mark on Philippine police

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Blunders in the deadly end of the Philippine's hostage crisis are just the latest black mark for its police force, which has long been hounded by accusations of torture, murder, corruption and ineptitude. The bloody conclusion to Monday's hijacking highlights a myriad of problems within the much-maligned force of 135,000, according to human rights advocates, the Philippine media and security experts. "There is something wrong with the national police. It is viewed more as a source of...Read Full Story

Philippines seeks charges in Hong Kong hostage fiasco

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Philippine investigators said Thursday they are to seek charges against up to 10 people, including police officers, over a hostage siege in which a lone gunman killed eight Hong Kong tourists. A day before the report is submitted to President Benigno Aquino , the panel also concluded the hostage-taker had fired the bullets that killed all eight Hong Kong tourists, said Justice Secretary Leila de Lima , the head of the inquiry. "We have (had) discussions on specific accountabilities of...Read Full Story

Would-be 'hostage taker' detained at Turkey's Israel embassy

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A man carrying a knife and a toy gun broke into the Turkish embassy in Tel Aviv on Tuesday and attempted to take a diplomat hostage before being overpowered by security, Turkish officials said. Witnesses quoted by Israeli public radio said the man, thought to be mentally deranged, had been shot and wounded in the leg. No one from the embassy staff was hurt. The man was reportedly the same one who was seized by Israeli police four years ago after he entered the compound of the British embassy...Read Full Story

'Hostage taker' detained at Turkey's Israel embassy

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A man carrying a knife and a toy gun broke into the Turkish embassy in Tel Aviv and attempted to take a diplomat hostage before being overpowered by security, Turkish officials said. Witnesses quoted by Israeli public radio said the man -- reportedly Palestinian and thought to be mentally deranged -- had been shot and wounded in the leg. No one from the embassy staff was hurt. "The Turks have turned over to a nurse and a police officer (both Israeli) this individual who had made his way into...Read Full Story

Philippine radio rejects hijack phone-hogging claim

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A Philippine radio station on Tuesday rejected accusations that its live interviews with a hostage-taker holding a busload of Hong Kong tourists had prevented a negotiator from contacting him. Aquilino Pimentel , lawyer for Radio Mindanao Network, criticised an official inquiry's call for three of its staff to be prosecuted for holding phone interviews with the hostage-taker. Eight tourists were killed in the fiasco. The probe accused the radio station of monopolising the phone link to the...Read Full Story
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