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About 70 Former Afghan Hostages Being Sent Home LONDON - At least 72 Afghans from last week's plane hijack were being sent home to Afghanistan, British officials said on Sunday, Reuters reported. 2000-02-14 Activities: [Afghan Plane Hijacking] 74 Afghan Hostages Request Asylum in Britain STANSTED, England - About half the hostages freed from a hijacked Afghan airliner requested asylum in Britain, but their 74 applications ran into immediate skepticism Thursday from officials who feared the four-day drama was all an elaborate bid to escape Afghanistan. 2000-02-11 Activities: [Afghan Plane Hijacking] Hijackers of Afghan Jet Surrender STANSTED, England - The hijackers of an Afghan plane released about 150 hostages safely and surrendered early today, ending a four-day standoff at an airport outside London. Police said they arrested 19 people who came off the aircraft. 2000-02-10 Activities: [Afghan Plane Hijacking] Afghan Hijack Appears Over STANSTED, England - Dozens of hostages, including women and children, walked out the back staircase of a hijacked Afghan plane early Thursday, raising hopes that the crisis may be coming to an end. 2000-02-10 Activities: [Afghan Plane Hijacking] U.K. Keeps Up Non-Stop Talks With Hijackers STANSTED, England - British negotiators kept up non-stop talks with the hijackers of an Afghan airliner on Tuesday in an effort to end a three-day-old hostage ordeal for the 157 passengers and crew. 2000-02-08 Activities: [Afghan Plane Hijacking] Headlines About 70 Former Afghan Hostages Being Sent Home 2000-02-14 74 Afghan Hostages Request Asylum in Britain 2000-02-11 Hijackers of Afghan Jet Surrender 2000-02-10 Afghan Hijack Appears Over 2000-02-10 U.K. Keeps Up Non-Stop Talks With Hijackers 2000-02-08 3 More Freed From Afghan Jet 2000-02-08 Afghan hijackers free more passengers 2000-02-07 Five Released From Hijacked Jet 2000-02-07 Hijacked Afghan Plane Heads To Russia 2000-02-07 Russia says released Afghan plane to save hostages 2000-02-07 Hijacked Afghan Jet Lands in UK 2000-02-07 Chronology of aircraft hijackings worldwide 2000-02-06 Most-viewed Chronology of aircraft hijackings worldwide 2000-02-06 U.K. Keeps Up Non-Stop Talks With Hijackers 2000-02-08

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