Karzai thanks God for UN hostages&#39; release
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Afghan President-elect Hamid Karzai on Wednesday expressed his great happiness and thanked God for the release of the three United Nations employees.
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Hamid Karzai has been officially named winner of the Afghan election, becoming the country&#39;s first leader to be elected by the people and putting him in a strong position for a confrontation
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Three UN election workers who were freed yesterday nearly a month after being abducted in Afghanistan have spoken of their gratitude to the Afghan people for supporting them during their plight.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Two of three UN workers kidnapped in Afghanistan have called home to say they are OK, officials and relatives said Tuesday, and one hostage said she expected to be released soon.
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United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has assured President Arroyo that the UN is doing its best to secure the freedom of a Filipino diplomat held hostage by a breakaway Taliban faction in Afghanistan.
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Three U.N. workers held hostage in  Afghanistan met President Hamid Karzai Wednesday and appeared  happy and well despite a kidnap ordeal lasting nearly four  weeks.
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The release of three United Nations workers who had been held hostage for more than three weeks took place early Tuesday in what appeared to be an orchestrated handover.
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KABUL: Three United Nations hostages were freed early on Tuesday after almost four weeks in captivity in Afghanistan, with kidnappers claiming that Taliban prisoners were due to be released in exchange.
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Kabul, Afghanistan -- Militants released a video Sunday showing three foreign UN hostages pleading for their release and threatened to kill them unless United Nations and British troops leave Afghanistan and Muslim prisoners are freed from US jails.
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KABUL - Three UN workers freed after almost four weeks in captivity in Afghanistan met President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday as they prepared to head home to be reunited with their families.
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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 of the capital Kabul, the United Nations said.
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Three UN workers freed by kidnappers in Afghanistan rejoiced at their freedom Wednesday and said they were sustained through 27 days of captivity by thoughts of their family and friends.
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GHAZNI, Afghanistan  - The Afghan government and Taliban rebels are hopeful of a peaceful outcome to free 23 South Korean hostages held by insurgents, the two sides said on Tuesday.
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Kidnappers of three UN workers in Afghanistan said on Wednesday the government had agreed to terms for their release, despite indications from Afghan and US officials that a compromise was not possible.
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Afghanistan's former king honored Thursday U.N. workers held hostage for nearly a month after helping run the country's first free elections, while the United Nations urged a full investigation of the kidnapping.
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Three United Nations hostages have been freed after almost four weeks in captivity in Afghanistan, with kidnappers claiming that Taliban prisoners were due to be released in exchange.
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Afghanistan&#39;s interim President Hamid Karzai is winning 55.4 percent of the vote in the country&#39;s first presidential election as counting nears an end, the United Nations said on its Web site.