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Saturday, March 16, 1985
Gunmen kidnapped the bureau chief of the Associated Press in West Beirut as he returned home from playing tennis. He was the third Westerner kidnapped in three days. Terry Anderson, 37, was the sixth American to disappear or to be kidnapped here since last year.
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Terry Anderson Kidnapped in Beirut

Saturday, March 16, 1985

(UPI) -- Three gunmen seized an American journalist in mostly Moslem west Beirut today and drove off with him in the third abduction of a foreigner in as many days. The men, armed with pistols, got out of a car and approached Terry Anderson, the Beirut bureau chief of The Associated Press.

Anderson Kidnapping Claimed

Monday, March 18, 1985

(Boston Globe) -- An anonymous telephone caller claimed yesterday that the shadowy Islamic Holy War group had kidnapped Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson. The caller read a statement saying "the detention" of the three "comes within the framework of our continuing operations against America and its agents."

Sister of Hostage Seeks Action

Wednesday, July 30, 1986

(AP) - The sister of one of four Americans still held captive in Lebanon said yesterday during a stopover in Boston that the Reagan administration should press for the release of the hostages. Peggy Say, who spent 16 days talking with officials in Greece, Cyprus and Syria said those governments were giving their "best efforts."

Hostage Video Released

Friday, October 03, 1986

(UPI) -- Two American hostages appeared on a rare videotape Friday begging the American people not to forget them and condemning the Reagan administration for negotiating the release of journalist Nicholas Daniloff but not their own freedom.

Captives Wife Pleas to Reagan

Monday, May 09, 1988

(UPI) -- The wife of American hostage Terry Anderson has appealed to President Reagan to help free him from his kidnappers. Madeleine Bassil made a televised statement to Reagan, saying, ''Mr. President, you probably have never heard of me, but you certainly know that Terry Anderson, hostage in Lebanon, has a family."

Anderson Marks 2000 days as Hostage

Thursday, September 06, 1990

(AP) -- American journalist Terry Anderson yesterday marked his 2,000th day as a hostage. Anderson, 42, the chief Middle East correspondent of the Associated Press when he was abducted, is the longest-held of the six Americans, four Britons, two West Germans and one Italian who are captives in Lebanon.

Terry Anderson Hostage Release

Wednesday, December 04, 1991

(UPI) -- Terry Anderson, the last American hostage in Lebanon, was freed Wednesday by his pro-Iranian kidnappers and taken to Damascus, Syria, where he was handed over to U.S. officials. For America, a nine-year ordeal was over. Anderson's upstate New York hometown resounded with the clangor of church bells.

Twenty Million dollars paid for Hostage Release

Sunday, January 19, 1992

(UPI) -- Iran financed the imprisonment of U.S. hostages in Lebanon, and paid the captors as much as $2 million for each American prisoner freed, The Washington Post reported Sunday. The newspaper cited Bush administration sources who said nearly all the key negotiations concerning the American captives were held in Tehran.

Terry Anderson Sues Iran for $100 Million

Monday, March 22, 1999

(CNN) -- Lawyers for former Middle East hostage Terry Anderson filed a $100 million lawsuit against Iran Monday, accusing it of sponsoring kidnappers who kept the journalist blindfolded and shackled in Lebanon for more than six years. He is described as "a victim of torture," at the hands of the Islamic Republic of Iran.