Korean hostages set to fly home
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Nineteen newly freed South Korean hostages were expected to fly out of the Afghan capital on Friday after a six-week kidnap drama, sources close to the arrangements said, after a deal critics fear could spur more abductions.
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The Taliban kidnappers of 23 Korean hostages on Sunday extended the deadline for the South Korean government to agree to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan by 24 hours to 10:30 a.m. EDT on Monday.
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Taliban kidnappers Thursday released the seven remaining South Korean hostages and handed them over to Red Cross officials, Afghan and Taliban officials said.
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After 42 days in captivity, the three Indian truckers are all set to fly back home today. They are currently in Kuwait and would be taking a special flight back home later tonight.
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Militants who say they are holding three foreigners hostage in Afghanistan say talks are about to open.
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Two French reporters who were released after being held hostage for four months in Iraq are expected to return home on Wednesday to a hero&#39;s welcome.
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Dozens of people abducted by a Ugandan rebel group are due to be flown home, hoping to be reunited with families.
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Between 200 and 300 expatriates were expected to have been flown out of the west African state by tonight after the British army was called in to evacuate them.
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Holed up in Canada&#39;s embassy in Beijing since September, a group of North Koreans have finally been released and allowed to travel to another country.
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New Delhi, Sep 3 (UNI) The three released Indian hostages returned home early today for an emotional reunion with their families ending an ordeal that kept the whole nation on the edge for more than a month.
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The final South Koreans freed by the Taleban head home, amid rows over the deal made to secure their release.
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SEOUL, Sept. 2 -- Looking wan and exhausted, and apologizing for the trouble they had caused their nation, South Korean missionaries held hostage for six weeks in Afghanistan arrived home early Sunday.
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A South Korean delegation left Tuesday for high-level talks with North Korea, paving the way for the resumption of food aid after the impoverished communist state promised to scrap its nuclear programme.
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Two French journalists freed from captivity in Iraq headed home today, ending a four-month drama that had gripped this country, which opposed the U.S. invasion.
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Intensive efforts are under way to free 23 South Korean hostages held by the Taleban in Afghanistan.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Three UN workers held hostage for nearly a month were preparing to fly home after their release yesterday from an ordeal that suggested Taliban-linked militants are adopting the tactics of Iraqi insurgents.
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ANYANG, South Korea  - Nineteen South Korean Christian volunteers held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan for six weeks returned home to an uncomfortable welcome on Sunday, thanking their government for winning their release.