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A roadside bomb killed at least five police officers deployed to protect polio vaccination workers in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, according to officials. A senior government official in Bajaur district says at least 20 others were wounded. IMAGES
A hostage rescue team "breached the synagogue, rescued the three hostages and the subject is deceased," says Colleyville police chief Michael Miller. All hostages were freed unharmed late Saturday after an hours-long standoff at a Texas synagogue, where a man apparently demanding the release of a convicted terrorist had taken several captives, the state governor said. SOUNDBITE
French police undertake initial investigations at the shop where a knife-wielding man held two women hostage in the capital's 12th arrondissement. Following long negotiations led by the Research and Intervention Brigade (BRI) the man released the mother unharmed, shortly before 10 pm before being arrested the following morning after releasing the second hostage, the daughter unharmed, after 8 am. IMAGES
Police secure the area surrounding the site of a hostage situation, blocking access to the Aligre road after arresting a knife-wielding man who had taken two woman hostage in a shop in the 12th arrondissement in Paris. Following long negotiations led by the Research and Intervention Brigade (BRI) the man released the mother unharmed, shortly before 10 pm before being arrested the following morning after releasing the second hostage after 8 am, unharmed. IMAGES
An armed man carrying explosives has taken around 20 passengers hostage on a bus in the northwestern Ukrainian city of Lutsk. Law enforcement has cordoned off the centre of Lutsk, some 400 kilometres (250 miles) from the capital Kiev, and advised residents not to leave their homes or places of work. IMAGES