Kidnapped Italian priest released in Philippines: Prodi
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Giancarlo Bossi, the Italian priest abducted last month in the Philippines, has been released, Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said late Thursday.
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Iraqi 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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Two female Italian hostages seized in  Baghdad three weeks ago along with two Iraqi colleagues were  released on Tuesday and are safe and well, Italian Prime  Minister Silvio Berlusconi said.
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Gunmen abducted an Italian Roman Catholic priest who was on his way to a remote village to celebrate Sunday Mass in the southern Philippines, police said.
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi confirmed on Tuesday that two female Italian aid workers who had been taken hostage in Iraq had been released and turned over to the Italian Red Cross.
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Two female Italian hostages seized in Baghdad three weeks ago have been freed on Tuesday and are safe, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says.
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Two Italian women aid workers held hostage in Iraq have been released and handed over to the Italian charge d'affaires in Baghdad, Al Jazeera television said on Tuesday.
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An Italian priest held captive for over a month in the southern Philippines wants to return to his parish there after his Muslim rebel captors assured him he would not be seized again.
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An Italian volunteer worker kidnapped by an unidentified group in the southern Philippines hasbeen released, the Philippine military said Wednesday.
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Two female Italian hostages seized in  Baghdad three weeks ago were freed on Tuesday and are safe,  Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said.
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Archbishop Basile Georges Casmoussa, who was kidnapped by masked gunmen on Monday, was freed today without the payment of any ransom, the Vatican said.
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A Roman Catholic archbishop in Mosul, Iraq, has been kidnapped, the Vatican said Monday.
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Two Italian humanitarian workers held by kidnappers for 21 days in Iraq thanked Pope John Paul II for his prayers and public appeals for their release.
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A Filipino oil worker kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Nigeria last month has been freed unharmed, the foreign ministry in Manila said Friday.
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Giancarlo Bossi, the Italian priest  abducted last month in the Philippines, has been released.
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Manila (AsiaNews) - Italian Andrea Cianferoni was released this morning by his abductors after he was taken hostage yesterday afternoon at 2:30 in the town of Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte in Mindanao.
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Baghdad - Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi&#39;s cousin, who had been taken hostage on November 10, was released on Sunday, an official from Allawi&#39;s party said.