Italy priest freed in Philippines
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Giancarlo Bossi, the Italian priest  abducted last month in the Philippines, has been released.
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Former President Joseph Estrada is freed from detention, after receiving a pardon from his successor.
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A radical Muslim cleric who Italian prosecutors say was abducted by the CIA in Milan in 2003 and flown secretly to Cairo has been freed from an Egyptian jail and plans to sue the U.S. and Italian governments for damages, the man's attorney said Monday.
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Two Filipino oil workers captured last week in restive southern Nigeria, have been released by their captors, a local government spokesman in the area told AFP.
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The Syrian Catholic archbishop of Mosul was freed today, a day after his abduction in Iraq, according to reports from the Vatican. But with Iraq's first election just 12 days away, violence aimed at derailing the process continued today.
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Rome - Hundreds of people cheered and applauded on Tuesday outside the home of one of the two Italian aid workers freed in Baghdad, celebrating the release of the women after an anguished three-week wait.
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ROME -- Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo, the provocative and colorful African prelate known for exorcisms, mass healing ceremonies, and temporarily breaking with the church to marry a Korean acupuncturist, was excommunicated yesterday by the Vatican.
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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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An Italian priest kidnapped by Islamic militants broke down in tears Friday as he described his six weeks of captivity in the Philippine jungle.
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There was relief all around after an Italian volunteer aid worker was freed unharmed yesterday in Lanao del Norte. Andrea Cianferoni was lucky to be kept in captivity for only a day, but the swiftness of his
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi confirmed on Tuesday that two female Italian aid workers who had been taken hostage in Iraq had been released and turned over to the Italian Red Cross.
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Egyptian authorities have released a Muslim cleric kidnapped in a suspected CIA operation in Italy and handed to Egypt, the cleric's lawyer said on Sunday.
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An Italian aid worker walked free from the southern Philippines jungle, a day after he was abducted by local gunmen, officials said.
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Un volontario italiano Ã¨ stato rapito nelle Filippine. Si tratta di Andrea Cianferoni, direttore dei programmi per la ong Movimondo. L&#39;uomo Ã¨ stato sequestrato nel villaggio di Dilapayan nella provincia di Lanao del Norte, nell&#39;isola di Mindanao.
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DUBLIN -- Pope John Paul II has defrocked two priests convicted of sexually abusing children in Ireland, an unprecedented move in this predominantly Catholic nation, church officials confirmed yesterday.
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A Catholic priest is abducted and killed by gunmen in the southern Philippine island of Tabawan.
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An Italian aid worker abducted in the Philippines was released unharmed early Wednesday, the military said.