Sri Lankan hostage in Iraq released
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Sri Lankan truck driver Dinesh Rajaratnam taken hostage in Iraq in October has been released together with his Bangladeshi colleague by their captors, official Daily News said Saturday.
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An Italian volunteer worker kidnapped earlier by an unidentified group in the southern Philippines has been released, the Philippine military said Wednesday.
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The Kenyan government on Wednesdayevening confirmed the release of its three nationals who had been kidnapped in Iraq more than a month ago, saying they will return home soon.
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Iraqi police said a Jordanian hostage had  been released in Iraq, Arabic television Al Jazeera reported on  Tuesday.
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Baghdad - Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi&#39;s cousin, who had been taken hostage on November 10, was released on Sunday, an official from Allawi&#39;s party said.
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A Turkish driver taken hostage in Iraq was released by his captors on Monday, Turkey's Foreign Ministry said. The release came a day after the driver's company announced it would withdraw from Iraq in line with kidnappers' demands.
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Kidnappers in Iraq have freed a seven-year-old boy a week after seizing him while on his way to school.
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The United States has released one of about 10 Iranian prisoners it is holding in Iraq, U.S. forces and the Iranian embassy said on Wednesday.
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ANKARA, Turkey Sept. 6, 2004 - A Turkish driver taken hostage in Iraq was freed by his captors on Monday, Turkey&#39;s foreign minister said.
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A US journalist who was kidnapped in Iraq more than a week ago was released on Sunday. Micah Garen confirmed his release on Al-Jazeera television.
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Sri Lankan truck driver Dinesh Rajaratnam taken hostage in Iraq last October has been released along with his Bangladeshi colleague Abul Kashem, the Foreign Ministry confirmed yesterday.
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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.
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Three UN workers who were held hostage in Afghanistan for more than three weeks are apparently unharmed after being released Tuesday.
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Kidnappers in Nigeria's  oil-producing Niger Delta have released an American engineer  and his Nigerian driver held captive since January 23,  authorities said on Sunday.
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An Iraqi group has released two Indonesian women captives who were handed over to the United Arab Emirates&#39; embassy in Baghdad, Arab television reported.
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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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ANKARA, Turkey Turkey says kidnappers have released a Turkish driver taken hostage in Iraq Saturday. This came after the transport company the driver worked for said it would withdraw from Iraq.