1.   Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey turns director for this hostage drama set in a former speakeasy.

2.   The hostage drama stalled here when the retreating convoy of rebels and hostages came under fire from Russian helicopter gunships.

3.   The hostage drama, played out over something like four months, is similarly plagued by a low energy level.

4.   This hospital cum hostage drama opened nationwide last week amid some brickbats from reviewers, although in this case it was not just movie critics who weighed in.

5.   U.S. military and diplomatic officials were nervously waiting this weekend for a resolution of the hostage drama.

6.   Police stormed a hijacked bus Thursday, killing an Albanian immigrant after a two-day hostage drama that has escalated anti-immigrant furor across Greece.

7.   Paparua Prison was the site of a hostage drama in December.

8.   Prime Minister Tansu Ciller told reporters she was happy the hostage drama had ended without bloodshed and was adamant that no deals were made with the gunmen.

9.   Peruvians transfixed by hostage drama.

10.   According to police reports quoted by ITAR-Tass, the hostage drama began when two suspiciously acting men were stopped and searched by police at the bus terminal.