Sentences with phrase «hostage over»

I see the biggest threat is that of what is happening to the Realtor (r) who ends up being held hostage over some events.

Mama Peace, as she» s fondly called noted thay the Federal Government was working to ensure their safe release of the girls who have been held hostage over 181 days.

About 500 workers of the timber firm held their management, the Chief Executive of the firm and the MCE, Alhaji Mohammed Kwaku Doku who were having a meeting hostage over a six - month unpaid salaries.

(Senate leaders are holding Paterson's revenue bill hostage over other issues.)

It is unfair, and unreasonable to hold residents» holiday plans hostage over the Governor's and the legislature's inability to meet the budget deadline,» Democratic Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle said.

Senator Simcha Felder had been accused by Assembly Democrats of essentially holding the negotiations hostage over an issue with religious schools before a deal was reached on Friday.

They will be able to hold him hostage over every bill.

McConnell referenced the White House statement, noting that the administration «will not negotiate the status of unlawful immigrants while Democrats hold our lawful citizens hostage over their reckless demands.»

Imagine an alternate universe in which Republicans had NOT shut down the government or held the debt ceiling hostage over Obamacare funding.

Despite recent rumours regarding Raiola holding us hostage over Kean's first professional contract, which he won't be able to sign for a year or two, it looks as though he will remain with our youth squad for the current season.

Not exact matches

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued stark warnings to health care organizations over the threats of phishing emails and malware such as ransomware, which take data hostage in exchange for recompense.

For example, independent research conducted in 2014 estimates that a file - encrypting ransomware called CryptoWall, infected over 6,00,000 computer systems in just six months, held over 5 billion files hostage — earning its creators more $ 1 million.

In Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Dr. Evil's team briefly abandons its traditional hostage - taking tactics and conspires to instead take over the world...

We don't dig up the bones of «heretics» either the way some did in the Dark Ages who held grip on the people, ruled over them by fear, and claimed they had authority of God, holding keys to heaven or hell in their possession, making people hostages by their lies... I think you have a lots of things mixed up in your mind friend!

When Ashley Smith was taken hostage by multiple murderer Brian Nichols, she thought her life was over.

I used to be a repub till congress was taken over by the tea party and Romney as our candidate.I can not support a man who is a draft dodger and a tax evader.The repub congress has done nothing for vets, nothing for the middleclass.All of the good repubs have gone or have been forced out by the extremists that care nothing for the average joe or veterans like myself.Until we get real candidates that care for the middleclass and vets I will not vote for the repubs.Honor and respect, and caring for this nation is what the repubs used to stand for, now we have wackjobs from the tea party holding america hostage and thats as un patriotic as it gets, it is hurting many americans, our economy and soldiers who are looking for work.

On 4 November 1979, the US Embassy in Iran was taken over and 66 Hostages were held captive for 444 Days by DEVOUT MUSLIM FOLLOWERS of ISLAM!

Over a century ago in England Samuel Wilberforce was so discouraged that for a time he avoided marriage, not wanting to beget children, «hostages to fortune,» he said, in so ill a world.

Terrorist attacks and a hostage situation are ongoing in Paris in the aftermath of France's international friendly victory over Germany.

Meanwhile, the 28 - year - old also had a message for club legend Thierry Henry, who insisted that Ozil and Sanchez were holding the club «hostage» over their reported wage demands of over # 200,000 - a-week, as noted by ESPN FC.

One of those hostages is Aliko Dangote, the richest man in Africa, who also expressed his interest to take over Arsenal in May.

For more than 10 minutes, the Ugly Eagles, as they are affectionately known, were held hostage as technical problems prevented their entrance song from playing over the public address system.

In 1985 as we floundered in the league and Brady won some special award for services to Italian football, I became obsessed with the idea of robbing a bank, taking everyone hostage and demanding that unless Liam Brady was flown over, resigned for Arsenal, and agreed to a sex change paid for by the bank, I would have no choice but to release the hostages.

Abby, all I want is to get out of this marriage so I can start over — but my oath is holding me hostage.

The decision to close the plant comes after state officials and Entergy representatives negotiated privately over the last two months to keep the facility open, though Gov. Andrew Cuomo had warned the company not to hold jobs hostage in exchange for tax incentives and credits.

But the fight over the decision was a public one, and ended in a humiliation for the governor, who was forced to appear in a hostage - like video at the convention, in which he reluctantly acceded to the WFP's demands.

In its effort to curb the activities of Boko Haram, Nigerian military at the weekend rescued over 5, 000 hostages held captive by the terrorists» group while ten terrorists were killed in several clearance operation in the North East.

Despite accepting responsibility for the week - long controversy, Mr Browne showed no signs of resigning over the matter and instead launched a full investigation into the hostage crisis, as well as confirming a small team will examine the media decisions.

«Funding for New York State schools should not be held hostage due to the ongoing debate over how best to reform our education system.

He also accused the Democrats «of holding our military hostage» over their demand that a short - term spending bill include protection for illegal immigrants brought to the country as children.

Anthony Eden fell foul of this over Suez and Jimmy Carter over the Iranian hostage.

Later in the decade President Carter bungled Iran very badly indeed, presiding over first a failed hostage negotiation and then a failed rescue attempt (see graph below).

The soldiers held the journalists hostage for over ten minutes.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie — the two most powerful Democrats in Albany — escalated their feud over a proposed salary bump for state legislators tonight in a pair of dueling press releases, which found Heastie accusing the governor of holding the State Legislature hostage and of disseminating misinformation.

He wants to be able to continue to exercise control over the internal security of the Southern States and to continue to hold them hostage.

And as if that is not enough, we were served the salacious tales of how some unnamed Governors once «kidnapped» Vice President, held him hostage and demanded that he resigned to pave the way for Senate President, Bukola Saraki to take over as President.

SAMBISA ATTACK: SOLDIERS KILL OVER 50 TERRORISTS, RESCUE 455 HOSTAGES.

As we heard from Philip Hammond earlier, the hostage situation in Algeria now appears to be over.

Troops of 22 Brigade deployed in operation Lafiya Dole has rescued over 1000 hostages from the Boko Haram Terrorists enclave.

The judge presiding over the two guards» brutality trial complained that the judicial system had been «held hostage.»

I do know that he must have signed a deal with Hostage Media to produce his first DVD called Hannibal For King «The Wait Is Over».

PLOT: In 1979 during the Iranian Revolution, the American Embassy was taken over and several American citizens were taken hostage.

Julia Roberts narrates this account of the 2004 hostage crisis in the small Russian town of Beslan, where Chechen terrorists seized a school and killed over 330 innocent people, many of them children.

Böse, desperate not to have his agenda undermined by the lingering scent of Nazism, shares Peres» concern over the optics of how this might all play out; everyone is a hostage to something, and one plumber is worth 10 revolutionaries.

Told over the seven days of the hostage crisis, the film focuses on several parallel arcs.

Despite being presented in slow motion, it seems as if it's over almost before it's begun and, once again, the hostages themselves feel disconnected from the main event.

When a band of four Somali pirates fails in its bid to take over the container ship, it flees in the ship's emergency lifeboat, taking the eponymous Captain Phillips (Tom Hanks) as a hostage to ransom and drawing down the might of the U.S. Navy's anti-piracy task force operating around the Horn of Africa.

The film, based on true events, chronicles the covert mission to rescue six Americans involved in a hostage crisis over in Iran.

But on Nov. 4, 1979, the strident protest gained violent momentum as the crowd surged over the wall, broke the gates and stormed the compound, taking 60 Americans hostage.

Failed negotiations between SWAT team captain Philippe Legorjus (played by Kassovitz) with the Kanak rebels over hostages lead to a bloody stand - off with French troops.