Hostages released in Niger Delta
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Militants in the oil-rich south of Nigeria free 12 foreigners, whom they had been holding hostage.
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Two Italian humanitarian workers who were kidnapped three weeks ago from their office in Baghdad were released Tuesday night, along with two Iraqi colleagues who had been
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Two reporters held hostage for four months in Iraq were released in Baghdad on Tuesday and should be home in time for Christmas.
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Nine Chinese oil workers abducted last month by militants in an armed attack in Nigeria's southern delta were released on Sunday, officials said.
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Four Egyptian engineers who were kidnapped in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad,  on Sunday are released.
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Nigerian kidnappers have released the wife of a prominent politician in the oil-rich but volatile Niger Delta two days after she was seized from her residence, police said Saturday.
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Nigerian kidnappers have released six Indian and Polish hostages seized on October 26 from an offshore oil production facility operated by Saipem, the Italian firm's parent company Eni said on Tuesday.
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Gunmen released a British hostage in Nigeria but a Filipina became the latest kidnap victim in the oil-rich Niger Delta where the taking of foreigners shows no sign of letting up.
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TWO Indonesian women taken hostage by an Islamic militant group in Iraq were released unharmed and handed over to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) embassy today.
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YENAGOA, Nigeria  - Nigerian militants freed 12 foreign hostages and one Nigerian in the oil-producing Niger Delta on Monday as a prelude to peace talks with the incoming government of President Umaru Yar'Adua.
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SAN JOSE DEL GUAVIARE, Colombia  - With broad smiles and long hugs for mediators, two women hostages were freed on Thursday by Colombia's Marxist rebels after years in the jungle, raising hopes for others languishing in secret camps.
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An armed group fighting for control of oil resources in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria has released 12 foreign workers it had been holding hostage, police said Tuesday.
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China's Foreign Ministry announced Sunday that nine Chinese oil workers who were kidnapped last month in Nigeria had been released unharmed by their captors.
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Two Turkish hostages were freed by Iraqi militants Sunday, a Turkish Foreign Ministry official said, less than a week after the men's employers said they were ending operations in Iraq to save the lives of their employees.
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Ten Indian citizens kidnapped early this month in volatile southern Nigeria have been released, industry sources said Saturday.
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A Turkish driver taken hostage in Iraq was released by his captors on Monday, Turkey&#39;s Foreign Ministry said. The release came a day
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Gunmen in southern Nigeria have released a British man taken hostage in the oil city of Port Harcourt more than two weeks ago.