Sentence examples for ransom with from inspiring English sources

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Ransom is kidnapped by the scientist (Edward Rolles Weston, seeking to colonize Malacandra as a way to preserve the human species) and the entrepreneur (Dick Devine, interested only in the gold abundant on the planet), who believe they must take Ransom (as ransom) with them to Malacandra.

Somali pirates are still holding 11 foreign vessels for ransom with at least 167 crew members.

Mr. Callan reported that the nearby passengers contributed to the ransom with enthusiasm.

The signs are that at the same time it would hold the UK budget to ransom with line-item deliberations.

Ms. Hanover has played a television anchorwoman in at least seven feature films, including "Ransom" with Mel Gibson.

The signs are that at the same time it would hold the UK budget to ransom with line-item deliberations..

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In recent months, the Shabab have taken over several pirate dens in central Somalia, and the pirates have said they are sharing their ransoms with the Shabab.

India, Malaysia, Indonesia and South Africa have also joined the anti-piracy fray.Yet the pirates are still hijacking ships and receiving ransoms with apparent impunity.

While local government officials in Hobyo have deputized pirate gangs to ring off coastal villages and block out the Shabab, down the beach in Xarardheere, another pirate lair, elders said that other pirates recently agreed to split their ransoms with the Shabab and Hizbul Islam, another Islamist insurgent group.

Although it has occasionally broken its own rule, Britain now stands alone among the big western powers in adhering to the principle of no hostage ransoms, with the possible exception of Shinzo Abe's Japan (which lost two hostages this year after rejecting Isis demands).

After profiting from hostage-taking by negotiating ransoms with al-Qaida in the Magreb (AQMI), Campaoré was until recently harboring dozens of fighters from the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), while attempting to manipulate former prime minister Cheikh Modibo Diarra by remote control.

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