Kidnapped Italian agents freed in Afghanistan
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Two Italian military intelligence officers kidnapped in Afghanistan were freed on Monday during a raid by NATO-led troops in which nine kidnappers and an Afghan hostage were killed, Italy's defense minister said.
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Four humanitarian workers - two Italians and two Iraqis - were freed yesterday after being kidnapped in Iraq three weeks ago. Simona Torretta, Simona Pari, Raad Ali Abdul Azziz and Mahnouz Bassam all worked
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Good news swept through Italy with lightning speed just after 5:30 on Tuesday afternoon. Kidnapped women aid workers Simona Pari and Simona Torretta, both 29, were suddenly free after three weeks of national angst.
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Ten members of an Afghan mine clearing team kidnapped last week have been released, officials say.
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Kidnappers released two Italian aid workers and five other hostages Tuesday, raising hopes for at least 18 foreigners still in captivity.
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An Italian priest kidnapped almost six weeks ago in the Philippines by Islamic militants was released unharmed early Friday, the Italian prime minister and officials here said.
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Three foreign U.N. workers held hostage  in Afghanistan were freed unharmed Tuesday, almost four weeks  after they were abducted at gunpoint on the streets of the  capital Kabul, the United Nations said.
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Two Italian soldiers are believed to have been abducted while on patrol in western Afghanistan, Italy's Defence Ministry said on Sunday.
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A Colombian aid worker and two Afghan colleagues who were abducted in Afghanistan earlier this month were freed, their organisation said.
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Two Italian soldiers who had been kidnapped in Afghanistan have been freed in a raid, Italy's Defense Ministry said on Monday.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Italian commandos, aided by other NATO forces and aircraft, rescued two kidnapped Italian intelligence operatives yesterday in a daring ambush and gun battle that left at least nine of the captors dead in western Afghanistan.
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Iraqi kidnappers released two Italian aid workers and five other hostages Tuesday, raising hopes for at least 18 foreigners still in captivity.
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Two Italian soldiers have gone missing in Afghanistan, Italian authorities said on Sunday.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Three UN workers kidnapped in Afghanistan four weeks ago were released unharmed today, a day after a string of raids by US and Afghan security forces.
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Two kidnapped Italian aid workers were today reunited with their families after being released and flown home from Iraq. Simona Pari and Simona Torretta, both 29, were
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Three foreign UN workers held hostage in Afghanistan were freed unharmed Tuesday, almost four weeks after they were abducted at gunpoint on the streets
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An Italian aid worker abducted in the southern Philippines was released unharmed after Muslim separatist rebels reportedly helped authorities corner his kidnappers.