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Sydney Hostage Standoff Ends With Three Dead A standoff with a gunman who held customers and employees of a cafe hostage for more than 16 hours finally ended earlier today. Two hostages and the gunman, a self-described Muslim cleric named Man Haron Monis, are dead. Several others are injured.
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