These are "captive users" with no alternative, says Zureiqat, who is part of the team behind a proposed new law that includes subsidising public transport to facilitate a regular and reliable service.
"For almost a decade, Ailes had played a role in driving the news; now he was captive to it, with few apparent options to reverse the ratings trend, and at Fox there were incipient signs of panic.
To me, being captive in a room with a practicing mandolin player would be far worse than being in one in which the news was on TV, though much would depend of course on the skill of the mandolin player.
16 The study settings allowed accurate assessment of outcomes, the population being captive in a country with national mortality, overseas referrals for heart surgery and secondary prophylaxis registers.
While some captives were released previously, Assyrian Network for Human Rights Director Osama Edwards told the AP that around 210 are still being held captive, with IS demanding $100,000 for each hostage. .
More than 50 vessels, from fishing trawlers and traditional wooden dhows to giant freighters and oil tankers, are currently being held captive, with more than 800 hostages, according to Ecoterra International, a nonprofit maritime group that monitors pirate attacks.
Meanwhile, the more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram nearly two months ago are still being held captive, with the Nigerian military facing increasing criticism for their inability to bring the girls back to safety and to work to prevent further attacks by the insurgent group.
Could music clubs finally be acknowledging that audiences might not be captives but discerning diners with a taste for better than Bud?
The videotape was the first shown of the couple, Gracia and Martin Burnham, since they were taken captive with 18 others in May by Abu Sayyaf guerrillas, who have been linked to Osama bin Laden.
