Turkish government: Hostage freed
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Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul reported Monday that kidnapped truck driver Mithat Civi, a Turkish national, was freed by his captors.
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Two Italian women held hostage in Iraq for three weeks were freed today, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy announced.
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A Polish woman who was abducted last month from her apartment in Baghdad has been freed, the Polish prime minister said Saturday.
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An Islamist group said it had released  Lebanese hostage Mohammad Raad, whom it kidnapped in Iraq, Al  Arabiya television reported on Tuesday.
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Eighteen soldiers held hostage by pro-Taleban militants in a Pakistani tribal region are released, officials say.
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ANKARA, Turkey - Islamic insurgents released 10 Turkish hostages in Iraq, and their employer said Tuesday that his company will resume operations in the wartorn country because it was unclear whether the abductions were politically motivated or criminal.    The hostages, who were released Monday night, arrived in the Turkish Embassy in Baghdad Tuesday morning, their company, the Ankara-based VINSAN, said...
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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.
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The Turkish Foreign Ministry announced Monday that 48 year old Mithat Civi had been released unharmed after his employer had met the kidnappersâ demands to withdraw from Iraq.
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All Royal Dutch Shell contractors kidnapped in Nigeria this week have been freed by their captors, a company spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
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THE last two Egyptian telecom employees held hostage in Iraq had been freed, Al-Arabiya television reported today, quoting its own correspondent.
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Two French journalists held hostage in Iraq have been released, French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin told parliament on Tuesday.
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Three U.N. workers kidnapped in Afghanistan have been released unharmed after more than three weeks in captivity, Afghan officials said Tuesday.
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Iraqi kidnappers released 10 Turkish construction workers unharmed near Baghdad Tuesday as their employer backed away from a promise to leave the country.
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A Polish woman held hostage in Iraq by a militant group since late October has been freed, Polish Prime Minister Marek Belka said Saturday.
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A Polish woman held hostage in Iraq since mid-October has been freed, says the Polish prime minister.
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A German woman held hostage with her son in Iraq has been freed, the German foreign minister says.
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Two Turkish engineers abducted by Iraqi militants were freed on Sunday after the companies they work for said they would withdraw from Iraq to save their lives, the state-run Anatolian news agency said.