Aid workers released in Somalia
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Two foreign aid workers who were kidnapped last week in Somalia were released Tuesday, a diplomat said.
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Five Ethiopian soldiers wounded in an attack on a truck in central Somalia have returned to their camp, the foreign ministry said Thursday, in a rare admission of Ethiopian casualties in Somalia.
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Doctors Without Borders has pulled all of its international staff out of Somalia after three of its aid workers were killed in a land mine explosion earlier this week, the group said Friday.
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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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At least 90,000 people have returned to Somalia's beleaguered capital after the heaviest fighting in more than 15 years ended last month, the United Nations said Friday.
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Four Britons held by the Kenyan authorities after apparently fleeing Somalia are to return to the UK.
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BAGHDAD -- Kidnappers in Iraq freed seven hostages yesterday, releasing two female Italian aid workers who were abducted from their home three weeks ago, two of the women's Iraqi colleagues and three Egyptian employees of a local cell phone company.
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Two female Italian aid workers were liberated yesterday after three weeks of terrifying captivity at the hands of Iraqi abductors, and flew home to tears and cheers in Rome.
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Egypt's ambassador to Somalia Saeed Mosry is freed by the authorities in Somali's Puntland region after five days' captivity.
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Three U.N. workers kidnapped in Afghanistan four weeks ago were released unharmed Tuesday, a day after a string of raids by U.S. and Afghan security forces.
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Seven hostages, including two Italian aid workers, were released by two different groups yesterday. It was the second day in a row that foreign hostages were freed, raising hopes for at least 18 others still in captivity.
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Sixteen Saudi prisoners arrive in Riyadh after being released from the US detention camp at Guantanamo Bay.
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A Colombian aid worker and two Afghan colleagues who were abducted in Afghanistan earlier this month were freed, their organisation said.
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Three Afghanistan aid workers abducted in April with two French colleagues are set free, the Taleban says.
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Two Italian female aid workers held hostage in Iraq for the last three weeks have been released.
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A group of British embassy workers kidnapped in Ethiopia 12 days ago are released, it is confirmed.
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Five aid workers have been arrested by Sudanese authorities in the troubled Darfur region but two of them have since been released, the Kirkens Noedhjelp (Norwegian Church Aid) humanitarian organization said.