We Had Privileged Treatment Say Freed Women Hostages
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Two Italian women freed from captivity in Iraq for a reputed million dollars ransom said today they feared for their lives throughout their three-week abduction, despite what they called âprivilegedâ treatment from their captors.
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PARIS Paola Di Franco of Rome was speaking for much of Italy on Wednesday when she said that she felt intense joy and relief on learning of the release of the two Italian hostages affectionately known as the &quot;two Simonas.
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Three international workers held hostage in Afghanistan&#39;s capital, Kabul, for almost a month were freed today, the United Nations said.
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Four humanitarian workers - two Italians and two Iraqis - were freed yesterday after being kidnapped in Iraq three weeks ago. Simona Torretta, Simona Pari, Raad Ali Abdul Azziz and Mahnouz Bassam all worked
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National joy in Italy at the safe return of two aid workers held hostage in Iraq gave way in some quarters on Wednesday to concern that Rome had paid a ransom for the women's freedom.
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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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Two female Italian hostages seized in  Baghdad three weeks ago were set free on Tuesday along with  kidnapped Iraqis and Egyptians in a flurry of releases, but an  abducted Briton remained under threat of death.
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MOSCOW, November 25 (Itar-Tass) - A special task force unit freed both women who were held hostage by two armed army deserters in the Moscow region.
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The whole country is uniting to secure the release of the hostages and support their families in this ordeal.
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Three foreign UN workers held hostage in Afghanistan were freed unharmed today, almost four weeks after they were abducted at gunpoint on the streets of the capital Kabul.
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A CANADIAN woman who had been kidnapped in Iraq was freed by a US National Guard unit late yesterday after 16 days in captivity, Foreign Minister Pierre Pettigrew told CTV television today.
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said, in a move that may raise hopes for the release of a British hostage. soldiers, could be freed as part of a review of her detention.
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Italians celebrated Wednesday the release of two female aid workers who had been held hostage in Iraq with the country&#39;s two leading newspapers expressing the relief felt nationwide with the headline &quot;They&#39;re Home&quot; alongside pictures of the two smiling
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Two female Italian aid workers were liberated yesterday after three weeks of terrifying captivity at the hands of Iraqi abductors, and flew home to tears and cheers in Rome.
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SAN JOSE DEL GUAVIARE, Colombia  - With tears, smiles and long hugs, two women hostages were freed by Colombia's Marxist rebels on Thursday after years in the jungle, raising hopes for dozens more languishing in secret camps.
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Sounds of jubilation rang out across Egypt as relatives and friends of former Egyptian hostages held by insurgents in Iraq celebrated their release.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Kidnappers released two female Italian aid workers and five other hostages Tuesday, raising hopes for foreigners still in captivity. But insurgents showed no sign of easing their blood-soaked campaign against the U.S...