Ethiopia group release confirmed
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A group of British embassy workers kidnapped in Ethiopia 12 days ago are released, it is confirmed.
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At least three of the original 75 dissidents arrested in a broad crackdown last year were released for health reasons Monday, according to friends, relatives and local rights activists. The surprise move raised hopes for additional releases in the coming days.
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British officials arrived in Ethiopia on Saturday to step up diplomatic efforts to free at least five Europeans and 13 Ethiopians feared kidnapped in the remote northeast of Ethiopia.
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Authorities on Saturday released 55 members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood who had spent up to 20 years in jail, a human rights group said.
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ABUJA, Nigeria - Security forces released the head of Nigeria&#39;s main labor organization on Sunday after a brief detention, but a nationwide strike will go ahead as planned, a spokesman for the labor group said.
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Egypt said Tuesday that Iraqi kidnappers had freed one Egyptian hostage and were expected to release three others shortly. The holding company that employed the four hostages confirmed that
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The leader of Afghanistan&#39;s interim government, Hamid Karzai, has been officially declared the winner of last month&#39;s presidential election.
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JERUSALEM -- Israel yesterday approved the release of 170 Palestinian prisoners in a goodwill gesture to Egypt and encouragement to interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in hopes of future negotiations.
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JERUSALEM - Israel yesterday approved the release of 170 Palestinian prisoners in a goodwill gesture to Egypt and encouragement to interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in hopes for future negotiations.
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Two foreign aid workers who were kidnapped last week in Somalia were released Tuesday, a diplomat said.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Prime Minister Ayad Allawi&#39;s office confirmed today that two of his female relatives who were kidnapped last week have been released.
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One of Myanmar&#39;s best known and longest-imprisoned political dissidents has been freed as part of a general release of almost 4,000 prisoners granted by the country&#39;s ruling junta, a family member confirmed Saturday.
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The British embassy group kidnapped in a remote part of Ethiopia was set to leave Eritrea &quot;as quickly as possible,&quot; the Foreign Office said Wednesday, adding they had slept well after their ordeal.
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A relieved Italy broke into celebrations Tuesday as Premier Silvio Berlusconi announced the safe release of two Italian women aid workers who were kidnapped in Iraq three weeks ago.
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The leader of the Nigerian umbrella workers&#39; union who was arrested at gunpoint by the country&#39;s secret police, the State Security Service (SSS), had been released,Owei Lakemfa, spokesman of the union, told Xinhua on Sunday.
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Comments SAS troopers are reportedly on the trail of kidnappers who snatched five British diplomatic workers in Ethiopia.Comment
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French authorities have confirmed that the medical records of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat can be released to what they call eligible parties, such as his family.