One Egyptian Hostage Freed in Iraq
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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 one had been released but said it could not give the status of the others.
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Kidnappers in Iraq have freed a seven-year-old boy a week after seizing him while on his way to school.
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Palestinian gunmen freed an Israeli Arab  producer for CNN television unharmed on Tuesday a day after  kidnapping him in the Gaza Strip.
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THE last two Egyptian telecom employees held hostage in Iraq had been freed, Al-Arabiya television reported today, quoting its own correspondent.
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Egypt yesterday freed an Israeli Arab businessman, convicted of spying, in exchange for Israel&#39;s release of six Egyptian students.
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An Egyptian terror suspect, held by Britain for three years without trial because he was said to be the leader of an al Qaeda-linked militant group, has been released from prison, the government said on Tuesday.
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A Kuwaiti company with seven truck  drivers held captive in Iraq said Wednesday that they have been  freed by their captors.
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Kidnappers have released a Turkish hostage who was under threat of beheading in Iraq after his two employers agreed to captors&#39; demands to stop working in the country, Al Arabiya television says.
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A Polish woman held hostage in Iraq by a  militant group since October has been freed and said on  Saturday her captors had treated her well.
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An Islamist group said it had released  Lebanese hostage Mohammad Raad, whom it kidnapped in Iraq, Al  Arabiya television reported on Tuesday.
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BAGHDAD  - U.S. troops manning a checkpoint Monday found four Egyptian technicians who had been kidnapped the previous day in Baghdad, freeing them and arresting some of the abductors, an Egyptian diplomat said.
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Dubai - Kidnappers have released a Turkish hostage who was under threat of beheading in Iraq, after his two employers agreed to captors&#39; demands to stop working in the country, Al Arabiya television said on Monday.
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Two female Italian hostages seized in  Baghdad three weeks ago were freed 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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The Turkish Foreign Ministry announced Monday that 48 year old Mithat Civi had been released unharmed after his employer had met the kidnappersâ demands to withdraw from Iraq.
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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.
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A Jordanian who disappeared in Iraq two weeks ago and was believed to have been kidnapped has been freed and is in the custody of Iraqi police, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ali al-Ayed told reporters yesterday.
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Iraqi militants have freed 10 employees of a Turkish construction company taken captive in Iraq in last month, the company&#39;s general manager says.