Hostages walk free in Iraq
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TWO truck drivers from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka kidnapped in Iraq by the same militant group that claims to be holding two French journalists have been released by their captors, officials said today.
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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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Four US oil workers kidnapped by armed gunmen in Nigeria's volatile Niger Delta are freed after weeks in captivity.
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PETER CAVE: There&#39;s also been some good news out of Iraq today. Two French journalists held hostage there for four months have been freed.
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Three European hostages abducted three weeks ago from a bar in Nigeria's oil-rich south are freed.
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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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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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Two French journalists headed home to a  heroes' welcome on Wednesday after a 4-month hostage ordeal in  Iraq which Paris said ended without a ransom being paid.
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Two French journalists were freed in Iraq Tuesday, ending a 4-month hostage ordeal at the hands of Islamic militants that had shocked France and embarrassed President Jacques Chirac&#39;s government.
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The two French journalists, who have been held hostage for 4 months in Iraq, have been freed. French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin made the announcement to the Senate who responded to the news with applause.
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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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Ten Turkish hostages held captive by a group in Iraq since last month have returned to their company&#39;s offices in Baghdad. &quot;We can confirm that the 10 Turkish hostages have been freed.
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Two Italian women held hostage in Iraq for three weeks were freed today, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy announced.
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A Polish woman held hostage in Iraq by a militant group since late October has been freed, Polish Prime Minister Marek Belka said Saturday.
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: Two Italian women aid workers and their two Iraqi colleagues abducted in Baghdad have been freed after âdifficultâ negotiations, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi told a delighted parliament today.
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Two Indonesian women held hostage for several days by militants in Iraq have been freed. The two women were handed over to the United Arab Emirates embassy in Baghdad on Monday.
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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.