Militants Say They Freed Turkish Hostages
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An Arab TV station said Sunday it received a statement from Iraqi militants saying they had freed 10 Turkish hostages. An anchor on Qatar-based Al-Jazeera TV, citing ``special sources,&#39;&#39; said
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Iraqi kidnappers released 10 Turkish construction workers unharmed near Baghdad Tuesday as their employer backed away from a promise to leave the country.
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Militants released seven foreign hostages Wednesday after their employer paid &#36;500,000 ransom, while France mustered support from Muslims at home and abroad to push for the release of two French journalists still held captive in Iraq.
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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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A Greek bus hostage siege ended in the early hours of this morning when all 23 passengers were safely freed and two Albanian gunmen who had demanded a $1 million ransom surrendered, a police spokesman said.
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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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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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All seven foreign hostages seized by  gunmen from an offshore Nigerian oil field were released on  Monday after two days in captivity, a state government  spokesman said.
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Eighteen soldiers held hostage by pro-Taleban militants in a Pakistani tribal region are released, officials say.
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A militant group said that it has released 10 Turkish hostages detained for 40 days in Iraq, Qatar-based al-Jazeera TV channel reported Sunday.
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Iraqi kidnappers have released 10 Turkish  hostages they had held for over a month after their Turkish  employer said it would leave Iraq, Al Jazeera television said  on Sunday.
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Militants in Iraq free French reporters Georges Malbrunot and Christian Chesnot, held hostage since August.
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Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul reported Monday that kidnapped truck driver Mithat Civi, a Turkish national, was freed by his captors.
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Four Islamist militants involved in a siege at a Palestinian refugee camp have been captured, Lebanon's army says.
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ANKARA - &#39;&#39;Turkish truck driver Mithat Civi, taken hostage in Iraq on Saturday, was released,&#39;&#39; Turkish Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul said on Monday.
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ANKARA, Turkey - Islamic insurgents released 10 Turkish hostages in Iraq, and their employer said Tuesday that his company will resume operations in the wartorn country because it was unclear whether the abductions were politically motivated or criminal.    The hostages, who were released Monday night, arrived in the Turkish Embassy in Baghdad Tuesday morning, their company, the Ankara-based VINSAN, said...
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Two Iraqi security guards said on Tuesday they were freed by kidnappers overnight but that the gunmen were still holding an American and a Nepali also seized from a villa used by a Saudi company in Baghdad.