5,000 minks freed in Denmark
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Authorities and residents in western Denmark on Monday were chasing hundreds of minks that escaped from a farm in what police suspected was an overnight raid by animal rights activists.
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Britain voiced relief Tuesday after the release of five members of a British embassy group held for nearly two weeks by a rebel group in a remote part of Ethiopia.Comment
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Five thousand of the world's rarest animals were found by fishermen in a known smuggling area adrift in an abandoned boat near China's coast.
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Five Europeans abducted almost two weeks ago in one of Ethiopia's most remote, inhospitable regions were released Tuesday, but a group of Ethiopians abducted at the same time remain hostages
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Seven hostages, including two Italian aid workers, were released by two different groups yesterday. It was the second day in a row that foreign hostages were freed, raising hopes for at least 18 others still in captivity.
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The five Europeans who were freed after being kidnapped in Ethiopia are due to fly back to the UK.
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YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar&#39;s military government said Thursday that it will release 5,311 prisoners in addition to almost 4,000 whose planned release was announced last week.
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Three foreign UN workers who were taken hostage last month in Afghanistan have been released unharmed, officials say. A senior Afghan official told the BBC one of the kidnappers had been killed and four others seriously wounded in a military operation.
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Three foreign UN workers held hostage in Afghanistan have been freed unharmed, almost four weeks after they were abducted at gunpoint on the streets of the capital Kabul.
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Burma&#39;s military rulers will free 5,311 more prisoners after the government said earlier this month thousands of others would also be released, according to state media reports.
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MEKELE, Ethiopia  - Five Europeans and eight Ethiopians kidnapped by gunmen in remote northern Ethiopia are safe and in a good condition, the Ethiopian government and a local community leader said on Friday.
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Captive-bred mountain gazelles are successfully released into the wild for the first time in 10 years.
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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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Six foreign medics jailed for life in Libya for infecting children with the AIDS virus flew to Bulgaria on Monday after being released by Tripoli under a deal brokered with the European Union.
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KHOST, Afghanistan  - Gunmen on Monday freed 10 of 13 Afghan deminers abducted last week and the remaining three will be released soon, officials said.
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1 September 2004 -- Seven employees of a Kuwaiti firm taken hostage in Iraq on 21 July were freed today. Spokeswoman Rana Abu-Zaineh of the Kuwait and Gulf Link Transport Company confirmed that the three Kenyans
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GHAZNI, Afghanistan  - Taliban insurgents freed five more South Korean hostages on Wednesday, taking to eight the number set free after reaching an agreement with South Korea on the release of all 19 Koreans held for nearly six weeks.