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Dictionary definition: hostage
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- The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
Copyright© The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military 2001, originally published by Oxford University Press 2001. (Hide copyright information)
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hostage
n. a person seized and held as a pledge that certain terms or agreements will be ...
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Article: Red Cross: Colombia broke Geneva Conventions
AP Worldstream;
August 6, 2008 ;
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... ... Cross says Colombia broke the Geneva Conventions by using its humanitarian emblem ... military operation to rescue hostages from the FARC guerrilla group ... says this is a breach of the Geneva Conventions on the rules of war.
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