TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: Hostage Situation Resolved
The hostage situation ended yesterday without further bloodshed as Abu Bakr and his rebel forces released the remaining hostages andecurity official has said the rebels would remain in custody and would be charged with rebellion. Although rebel leaders claimed some of their demands had been met, security officials insist the surrender was ur
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Comment Terms of the rebels' capitulation arc unclear, but the government may have offered to charge tbe hostage takers with rebellion rather than treason, which carries the death penalty. Government leaders will be preoccupied over tbe near term in coping with pressing shortages of food and medical supplies snd the need to rebuild theof the damage there range0 million. Over the longer term, they will have to address the underlying causes of the popular resentment that sparked the widespread looting and lawlessness last
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