Relief at release of hostages in Ethiopia
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Britain voiced relief Tuesday after the release of five members of a British embassy group held for nearly two weeks by a rebel group in a remote part of Ethiopia.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Kidnappers released two female Italian aid workers and five other hostages Tuesday, raising hopes for foreigners still in captivity. But insurgents showed no sign of easing their blood-soaked campaign against the U.S...
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Two Italian women aid workers held  hostage in Iraq have been released and handed over to the  Italian charge d'affaires in Baghdad, Al Jazeera television  said on Tuesday.
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Five members of a British embassy group missing for two weeks in a remote part of Ethiopia have been released and are safe and well, British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said Tuesday.
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Five Europeans kidnapped in Ethiopia almost two weeks ago have been released but the whereabouts of eight locals seized with them remain unclear, British and Ethiopian officials said on Tuesday.
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Five Europeans kidnapped in Ethiopia 12  days ago have been released and are in good health, British  foreign minister Margaret Beckett said on Tuesday.
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Prayers were said in Dublin Sunday for the release of kidnapped CARE worker Margaret Hassan, who was abducted in Baghdad last week.
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Ten Turkish hostages held captive by a group in Iraq since last month have returned to their company&#39;s offices in Baghdad. &quot;We can confirm that the 10 Turkish hostages have been freed.
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A Bangladeshi and a Sri Lankan held hostage in Iraq have been released, their governments say.
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A man who had been held in Ethiopia on allegations of supporting Islamic militants has been released and is back home, his family and their lawyer said Saturday night.
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Italians celebrated Wednesday the release of two female aid workers who had been held hostage in Iraq with the country&#39;s two leading newspapers expressing the relief felt nationwide with the headline &quot;They&#39;re Home&quot; alongside pictures of the two smiling
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Three foreign UN workers held hostage in Afghanistan have been freed unharmed, almost four weeks after they were abducted at gunpoint on the streets of the capital Kabul.
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MEKELE, Ethiopia  - Five Europeans and eight locals kidnapped by gunmen in remote north Ethiopia are in good condition despite more than a week's captivity, the government and a local community leader said on Friday.
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The whole country is uniting to secure the release of the hostages and support their families in this ordeal.
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Two Italian women aid workers held hostage in Iraq have been released and handed over to the Italian charge d'affaires in Baghdad, Al Jazeera television said on Tuesday.
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Three UN election workers freed nearly a month after being abducted in Afghanistan thanked the nation&#39;s people for the support shown during their ordeal.
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Three UN workers freed after almost four weeks in captivity in Afghanistan met President Hamid Karzai and said freedom felt "wonderful" as the first of them flew home for a reunion with his family.