GenevaLunch » ransom http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Sun, 27 May 2012 09:11:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no German ship freed without a shothttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/10/26/german-ship-freed-without-a-shot/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/10/26/german-ship-freed-without-a-shot/#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2010 06:25:37 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=49020 GenevaLunch.com Somali pirates abandoned the German freighter seized in the Indian Ocean 24 October without a shot being fired. The German owners of the Beluga Fortune said Monday 25 October no ransom was paid. Prior to being boarded by the pirates, the crew alerted nearby shipping and the EU naval flotilla Atalanta, disabled the bridge, turned [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/10/26/german-ship-freed-without-a-shot/feed/ 0 British sailing couple seized by Somali pirateshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/28/british-sailing-couple-seized-by-somali-pirates/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/28/british-sailing-couple-seized-by-somali-pirates/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:41:43 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=30558 GenevaLunch.com A British couple from Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK have been seized by pirates while sailing from the Seychelles to Tanzania. A spokesman for the pirates confirmed to a local New York Times reporter in Somalia by telephone that the couple was being taken to Xarardheere, a pirate stronghold on the Somali coast north of Mogadishu, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/28/british-sailing-couple-seized-by-somali-pirates/feed/ 0 Libya reportedly demanding “downpayment” for 2 Swiss businessmenhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/01/libya-reportedly-demanding-downpayment-for-2-swiss-businessmen/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/01/libya-reportedly-demanding-downpayment-for-2-swiss-businessmen/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:27:24 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=26597 GenevaLunch.com Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Swiss public radio, RSR, reports that Libya is asking for CHF430,000 as a downpayment for the return of each of two businessmen who have been held in the country for over a year. Bern has not confirmed the information.

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/01/libya-reportedly-demanding-downpayment-for-2-swiss-businessmen/feed/ 0 Aid workers released in Somaliahttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/05/07/aid-workers-released-in-somalia/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/05/07/aid-workers-released-in-somalia/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 12:58:18 +0000 Jillian Hudson http://genevalunch.com/?p=16758 GenevaLunch.com Armed Somalian men released two aid workers, from Doctors without Borders, Tuesday 5 May.  The pair had been kidnapped and held for a ransom,  but according to local sources a ransom was not paid. Incidents  like this  have  hindered the ability of relief workers to respond to the long-standing Humanitarian crisis in the country, according [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/05/07/aid-workers-released-in-somalia/feed/ 0 Farc releases last known foreign hostagehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/03/18/farc-releases-last-known-foreign-hostage/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/03/18/farc-releases-last-known-foreign-hostage/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:11:04 +0000 Jillian Hudson http://genevalunch.com/?p=13969 GenevaLunch.com The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) released their last known foreign hostage, Erik Roland Larsson, Tuesday 17 March after nearly two years of captivity. Larsson, 69, appears to have suffered a stroke during the time he spent captive and is being evaluated by doctors in the city of Monteria. Farc sought $5 million for [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/03/18/farc-releases-last-known-foreign-hostage/feed/ 0 Swiss emissary to Colombia did not pay Novartis ransomshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/02/05/swiss-emissary-to-colombia-did-not-pay-novartis-ransoms/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/02/05/swiss-emissary-to-colombia-did-not-pay-novartis-ransoms/#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 08:51:08 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=11684 GenevaLunch.com Lake Geneva region, Switzerland (TSR, Fre) – TSR, Swiss public television, will run a documentary 5 February following its own investigation into charges by Colombian authorities that Jean-Pierre Gontard paid CHF500,000 in ransom money to Farc rebels in order to gain the release of Novartis employees taken hostage. TSR says its report will show that [...]

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