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But soon three new hostages were seized off the streets of Beirut by Hezbollah, Iran's surrogate.

Among his prizes was the treasure galleon "Santa Ana," seized off the coast of California (Nov. 14, 1587).

The Pueblo was seized off North Korea on Jan . 23 , 1968while it was on an intelligence-gathering mission.

Its central bank went broke, its real estate overseas was repossessed, its planes seized off airport runways.

Four African migrants remained hospitalized one day after their boat, packed with 153 people, was seized off the Canary Islands, the National Police said.

The Associated Press also reported that a Thai fishing boat with 16 crew members had been seized off the coast of Somalia on Tuesday.

Again the cheers went up, and the two dozen Ghanaian men watching the game seized drums off the store's shelves and began singing songs of their West African homeland.

Israel periodically intercepts Iranian weapons shipments to Lebanon and Gaza; the latest, containing hundreds of tonnes of rockets, missiles, mortars, grenades and anti-tank weapons allegedly destined for Hizbullah, was seized last month off Cyprus.

On May 1, soldiers seized Aslan off the street here, took him to the woods, put a bag over his head and told him to stretch out his arms in a crucifixion pose.

Ministers said the selling the seized phones off for charity could save money in storage costs and make a "significant contribution" to preventing banned items in prison.

The crew of the CGC Forward assembles 88 bales of seized cocaine off the coast of Honduras.