2 Aid Workers Are Freed After 3 Weeks in Captivity
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Two Italian aid workers kidnapped 21 days ago in an audacious daylight raid were freed Tuesday, the prime minister of Italy announced.
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Armagh woman Annetta Flanigan and her two fellow hostages, from Kosova and the Philippines, were freed on Tuesday in circumstances which have yet to become clear.
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BAGHDADâKidnappers released two Italian aid workers and three other hostages yesterday, raising hopes for at least 18 foreigners still in captivity.
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Three Europeans abducted three weeks ago from a bar in Nigeria's oil-rich south are freed in a military operation.
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Italians are rejoicing Wednesday after two female aid workers arrived home following three weeks of captivity at the hands of militants in Iraq.
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Three foreign U.N. workers held in Afghanistan since Oct. 28 were freed on Tuesday, government officials said.
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Three U.N. workers held by militants in Afghanistan were in their third week of captivity on Friday after calls from both sides for the crisis to be resolved ahead of this weekend's Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr.
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Two Italian aid workers held hostage in Iraq for three weeks were released by their captors yesterday amid reports that a $1m (Â£552,000) ransom had been paid to buy their freedom.
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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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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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Description: Two Italian aid workers are released by their captors after being kidnapped and held hostage for three weeks. The women, Simona Pari and Simona Torretta, both 29, were handed over to the Red Cross
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The Taliban released three Afghan aid workers Sunday who were kidnapped with two French colleagues nearly two months ago, as the militant group announced a new operation targeting foreign and government forces.
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ROME : Two female Italian aid workers arrived back in Rome after being released from a three-week hostage ordeal in Iraq, sparking scenes of joy at their homes and relief among world leaders.
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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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KABUL, Afghanistan Three UN workers who were held hostage in Afghanistan have met with President Hamid Karzai. They looked tired but happy a day after their release from nearly four weeks of captivity.
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Three U.N. workers held by militants in  Afghanistan were in their third week of captivity on Friday  after calls from both sides for the crisis to be resolved ahead  of this weekend's Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr.
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KABUL: Three United Nations hostages were freed early on Tuesday after almost four weeks in captivity in Afghanistan, with kidnappers claiming that Taliban prisoners were due to be released in exchange.