Afghan hostages grateful, eager to work
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Three UN election workers freed nearly a month after being abducted in Afghanistan thanked the nation&#39;s people for the support shown during their ordeal.
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Kidnappers of three U.N. workers in  Afghanistan said on Thursday they expect the government to  release 26 Taliban prisoners in exchange for their hostages  before the Muslim Eid festival this weekend.
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Three UN workers held hostage in Afghanistan met President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday and appeared happy and well despite a kidnap ordeal lasting nearly a month.
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Three U.N. workers who were held hostage in Afghanistan met with President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday, looking tired but happy a day after their release from nearly four weeks of captivity.
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Three foreign UN workers taken hostage last month in Afghanistan are released, officials say.
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Italians celebrated Wednesday the release of two female aid workers who had been held hostage in Iraq with the country&#39;s two leading newspapers expressing the relief felt nationwide with the headline &quot;They&#39;re Home&quot; alongside pictures of the two smiling
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Nineteen South Korean  Christian volunteers held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan  for six weeks returned home to an uncomfortable welcome on  Sunday, thanking their government for winning their release.
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Three United Nations workers who were held hostage in Afghanistan met President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday, looking tired but happy a day after their release from nearly four weeks of captivity.
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KABUL, Afghanistan A UN official says two workers held hostage in Afghanistan are looking forward to some peace and quiet. The women, one from Northern Ireland and the other from Kosovo, took off from Kabul today aboard a UN plane.
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Afghan militants agreed to negotiate the release of three UN workers taken hostage last week, but warned they were ready to kill them if any rescue attempt was made.
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The family of Annetta Flannigan, an Irish UN worker taken hostage in Afghanistan, spoke of their joy at her release Tuesday. In a statement through the Foreign Office, they
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The kidnappers of three UN workers in Afghanistan say the government has agreed terms for their release but there was no confirmation and a top US official said a deal would encourage hostage taking.
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Three United Nations hostages were freed in Afghanistan unharmed and healthy after almost four weeks in captivity amid conflicting claims over whether the government promised to free Taliban prisoners in exchange for their release.
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A militant group which has claimed responsibility for kidnapping three foreigners in Afghanistan said on Saturday the hostages were safe.
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Three foreign UN workers held in Afghanistan since Oct. 28 were freed on Tuesday, government officials said. &quot;They were released a while back this morning,&quot; said a government official, who
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The release of two Italian women aid  workers in Iraq was greeted with joy and relief on Tuesday  following three weeks of anguish in Italy over their abduction.
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The kidnappers of three U.N. workers in  Afghanistan said the government agreed terms for their release  on Wednesday, but there was no confirmation and a top U.S.  official said a deal would encourage hostage taking.