Hostages walk free in Iraq
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TWO truck drivers from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka kidnapped in Iraq by the same militant group that claims to be holding two French journalists have been released by their captors, officials said today.
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Three foreign U.N. workers held hostage  in Afghanistan were freed unharmed on Tuesday, almost four  weeks after their abduction at gunpoint on a Kabul street  raised fears of a wave of Iraq-style kidnappings.
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Militants in Iraq have freed seven foreign lorry drivers held hostage for more than a month, their employer 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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TWO Indonesian women taken hostage by an Islamic militant group in Iraq were released unharmed and handed over to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) embassy today.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Kidnappers released two female Italian aid workers and five other hostages Tuesday, raising hopes for at least 18 foreigners still in captivity. But insurgents showed no sign of easing their blood-soaked campaign against the U.S...
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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 female aid workers held hostage in Iraq for three weeks are released in good health, officials say.
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An Iraqi group has released two Indonesian women captives who were handed over to the United Arab Emirates&#39; embassy in Baghdad, Arab television reported.
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Two French journalists were freed in Iraq Tuesday, ending a 4-month hostage ordeal at the hands of Islamic militants that had shocked France and embarrassed President Jacques Chirac&#39;s government.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - A militant group in Iraq on Wednesday released seven foreign truck drivers they had held hostage for six weeks after dropping nearly all their demands for the release of prisoners and compensation for the victims of fighting.
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A Bangladeshi and a Sri Lankan held hostage in Iraq have been released, their governments say.
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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 group of 24 Filipino hostages kidnapped more than three weeks ago have been freed, a spokesman for Baco-Liner, their employer, said Tuesday.
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Kidnappers released two Italian women and five other hostages Tuesday, raising hopes for foreigners still in captivity. Insurgents showed no sign of easing their
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Two Lebanese hostages have been released after more than three weeks in captivity in Iraq, a Lebanese Foreign Ministry official said Wednesday.
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Two truck drivers, a Bangladeshi and a Sri Lankan, held hostage in Iraq have been released, reports from Bangladesh say.