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Hostage Situation in Phillipines Courthouse

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Watch this video about hostage negotiation on HowStuffWorks. Captured on live television in the Philippines, a SWAT team stormed a courthouse in the country's capital of Manila, and freed four hostages and killed the gunman. See how hostage negotiation works in this video from Reuters.

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